Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Let no widow be enrolled under sixty years old, having become the wife of one man,
New American Standard Bible
A widow is to be
King James Version
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
Holman Bible
No widow should be placed on the official support list
International Standard Version
A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.
American Standard Version
Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
Amplified
A widow is to be put on the list [to receive regular assistance] only if she is over sixty years of age, [having been] the wife of one man,
An Understandable Version
[But] do not put a widow on the list [i.e., of people being helped by the church. See Acts 6:1] who is under sixty years old. [And she must] have been the wife of one man,
Anderson New Testament
Let a widow be put on the list, if she is not under sixty years, having been the wife of one man,
Bible in Basic English
Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,
Common New Testament
A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one husband,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Let none be put upon the list of widows, but such as are at least threescore years of age, and have been married but once:
Darby Translation
Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,
Godbey New Testament
Let a widow not be taken into account under three score years, the wife of one husband,
Goodspeed New Testament
No one under sixty years of age should be put on the list of widows. A widow must have been married but once,
John Wesley New Testament
Let not a widow be chosen under threescore years old,
Julia Smith Translation
Let not a widow be chosen less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,
King James 2000
Let not a widow be put on the list under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,
Modern King James verseion
Do not let a widow be enrolled having become less than sixty years old, the wife of one man,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let no widow be chosen under sixty years old, and such a one as was the wife of one man,
Moffatt New Testament
No one under sixty is to be put on the church's list of widows; and she must have been only once married,
Montgomery New Testament
A widow, to be placed upon the list, must be not less than sixty years old, and one who has been the wife of but one husband.
NET Bible
No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,
New Heart English Bible
Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
Noyes New Testament
Let a widow be put on the list when not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one husband,
Sawyer New Testament
Let not a widow be enrolled under sixty years of age, a wife of one husband,
The Emphasized Bible
Let, a widow, be put on the list - having become, not less than sixty years old, one man's, wife,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let no widow be put on the list under sixty years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband,
Twentieth Century New Testament
A widow, when her name is added to the list, should not be less than sixty years old; she should have been a faithful wife,
Webster
Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.
Weymouth New Testament
No widow is to be put on the roll who is under sixty years of age.
Williams New Testament
No widow under sixty years of age should be put on this roll. A widow must have had but one husband,
World English Bible
Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
Worrell New Testament
Let a widow be enrolled, when she has become not less than sixty years old, having been a wife of one man,
Worsley New Testament
Let not a widow be chosen into the number under sixty years old,
Youngs Literal Translation
A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 5:9
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Instructions About Widows
8 But if any man does not provide for his own, and especially those belonging his household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 9 Let no widow be enrolled under sixty years old, having become the wife of one man, 10 being testified in good works: if she has reared children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the sanctified, if she has relieved those who are afflicted, if she has followed every good work.
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Cross References
1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
Luke 2:36-37
And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (being advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
1 Corinthians 7:10-11
And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:39-40
A wife is bound by law as long a time as her husband lives, but also if the husband should sleep, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in Lord.
1 Timothy 3:12
Let helpers be husbands of one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.
1 Timothy 5:3-4
Support widows, the real widows.
1 Timothy 5:11
But refuse younger widows, for when they are sexually aroused, they desire of the Christ to marry,
1 Timothy 5:14
I desire therefore the younger women to marry, to bear children, to manage house, to give not one occasion to him who opposes on account of slander.