Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Honor widows [who are] truly widows.
New American Standard Bible
Honor widows who are
King James Version
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Holman Bible
Support
International Standard Version
Honor widows who have no other family members to care for them.
A Conservative Version
Support widows, the real widows.
American Standard Version
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Amplified
Honor and help those widows who are truly widowed [alone, and without support].
An Understandable Version
Show consideration for true widows [i.e., those destitute of family members to care for them].
Anderson New Testament
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Bible in Basic English
Give honour to widows who are truly widows.
Common New Testament
Honor widows who are real widows.
Daniel Mace New Testament
show regard to widows that are really such.
Darby Translation
Honour widows who are really widows;
Godbey New Testament
Honor widows who are truly widows.
Goodspeed New Testament
Look after widows who are really dependent.
John Wesley New Testament
Honour widows that are widows indeed. But if any widow have children or grand children, let these learn first to shew piety at home,
Julia Smith Translation
Honour widows, truly widows.
King James 2000
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Modern King James verseion
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Honour widows which are true widows.
Moffatt New Testament
Widows who really need it must be supported from the funds.
Montgomery New Testament
Ever honor widows who are really widows;
NET Bible
Honor widows who are truly in need.
New Heart English Bible
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Noyes New Testament
Honor as widows those that are widows indeed.
Sawyer New Testament
Support the widows who are widows indeed.
The Emphasized Bible
Widows, honour thou - who indeed are widows: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Honour the widows, that are widows indeed.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Show consideration for widows--I mean those who are really widowed.
Webster
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Weymouth New Testament
Honour widows who are really in need.
Williams New Testament
Always care for widows who are really dependent.
World English Bible
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Worrell New Testament
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Worsley New Testament
Honour widows who are widows indeed.
Youngs Literal Translation
honour widows who are really widows;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 5:3
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Instructions About Widows
2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity. 3 Honor widows [who are] truly widows. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
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Cross References
Acts 6:1
Now in these days, [as] the disciples were increasing [in number], a complaint arose by the {Greek-speaking Jews} against the {Hebraic Jews} because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution [of food].
Acts 9:39
So Peter got up [and] accompanied them. [When he] arrived, they brought [him] up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing [him] tunics and [other] clothing that Dorcas used to make [while she] was with them.
Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.
Deuteronomy 10:18
[And he] executes justice for the orphan and widow, and [he is] one who loves [the] alien, to give to them food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 14:29
And [so] the Levite may come, because there is no plot of ground for him or an inheritance with you, and the alien [also may come] and the orphan and the widow that [are] in your {towns}, and {they may eat their fill}, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all [of] the work of your hand that you undertake."
Deuteronomy 16:11
And you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite that [is] in your {towns} and the alien and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst in the place that Yahweh your God will choose to let his name dwell there.
Deuteronomy 16:14
and you shall rejoice at your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite and the orphan and the widow that [are] in your {towns}.
Deuteronomy 27:19
'Cursed be the one who deprives [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow of justice.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Job 29:13
[The] blessing of [the] wretched came upon me, and I caused [the] widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 31:16
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,
Psalm 68:5
A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.
Psalm 94:6
They kill widow and stranger, and they murder orphans,
Psalm 146:9
Yahweh protects [the] strangers. He helps up [the] orphan and [the] widow, but [the] way of [the] wicked he {thwarts}.
Jeremiah 49:11
Leave your orphans. I will let [them] live. And your widows, let them trust in me."
Matthew 15:6
need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Matthew 23:13
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you shut the kingdom of heaven before people! For you do not enter, nor permit those wanting to go in to enter.
Luke 2:37
and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.
Luke 7:12
And as he approached the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, his mother's only son, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, "Look! {A true Israelite} in whom is no deceit!"
1 Thessalonians 2:6
nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others.
1 Timothy 5:2
older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
1 Timothy 5:4-5
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
1 Timothy 5:9-11
Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,
1 Timothy 5:16-17
If any believing woman has widows, she must help them, and the church must not be burdened, in order that it may help those [who are] truly widows.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.
1 Peter 2:17
Honor all [people], love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.