Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content;
New American Standard Bible
If we
King James Version
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
Holman Bible
we will be content with these.
International Standard Version
With food to eat and clothes to wear; content we are in everything.
A Conservative Version
but having food and covering we will be content with these.
American Standard Version
but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.
Amplified
But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
An Understandable Version
But if we have [enough] food and clothing, we will [i.e., should] be content with that.
Anderson New Testament
And having food and raiment, with these let us be content.
Bible in Basic English
But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.
Common New Testament
But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
Daniel Mace New Testament
we ought to think that sufficient. but they who will be rich, expose
Darby Translation
But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.
Godbey New Testament
however having food and raiment we shall be contented with these.
Goodspeed New Testament
If we have food and clothing we will be satisfied.
John Wesley New Testament
Having then food and covering, with these let us be content.
Julia Smith Translation
And having sustenance and covering, with these let us be contented.
King James 2000
And having food and clothing let us be with these things content.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But [if we] have food and clothing, with these [things] we will be content.
Modern King James verseion
But having food and clothing, we will be content.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When we have food and raiment, let us therewith be content.
Moffatt New Testament
If we have food and clothes, we must be content with that.
Montgomery New Testament
So if we have food and shelter, let us be content with that.
NET Bible
But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.
New Heart English Bible
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
Noyes New Testament
If we have, then, food and raiment, we will be therewith content.
Sawyer New Testament
but having food and clothing let us be contented with them.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Having then food and raiment, let us be therewith content.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So, with food and shelter, we will be content.
Webster
And having food and raiment, with these let us be content.
Weymouth New Testament
and if we have food and clothing, with these we will be satisfied.
Williams New Testament
If we have food and clothes we will be satisfied.
World English Bible
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
Worrell New Testament
but, having food and raiment, with these we shall be content.
Worsley New Testament
having therefore food and raiment, let us be herewith content.
Youngs Literal Translation
but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves;
Themes
Contentment » Contentment, the duty of
Contentment » Being content with what you have
Contentment » Saints should exhibit » With food and raiment
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References
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Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 6:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
False Teachers And The Love Of Money
7 For, nothing, brought we into the world, neither, to take anything out, are we able; - 8 And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content; 9 But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction, -
Cross References
Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on;
Genesis 48:15
Thus blessed he Joseph, and said, - God himself - before whom walked my fathers. Abraham and Isaac, God himself - who hath been my shepherd, since I came into being until this day; -
Deuteronomy 2:7
For Yahweh thy God, hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand, he hath considered thy traversing of this great desert, - these forty years, hath Yahweh thy God been with thee, thou hast lacked, nothing.
Deuteronomy 8:3-4
So he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna which thou hadst not known, neither had thy fathers' known, - that he might lead thee to consider that not on bread alone, shall the son of earth live, but on whatsoever cometh from the bidding of Yahweh, shall the son of earth live.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;
Proverbs 30:8-9
Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
There was nothing more blessed for Man than that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil, - even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I know that there is no blessedness in them, - save to be glad, and to do well with one's life.
Matthew 6:11
Our needful bread, give us, this day;
Matthew 6:25-33
For this cause, I say unto you: Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, - or for your body, what ye shall put on: Is not, the life, more than, the food? And, the body, than, the raiment?
Hebrews 13:5-6
Without fondness for money, be your way of life, - being content with the present things, - for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake: