Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves;
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.
The Emphasized Bible
And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content;
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.
Themes
Contentment » Contentment, the duty of
Contentment » Being content with what you have
Contentment » Saints should exhibit » With food and raiment
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
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 did we bring into the world -- it is manifest that we are able to carry nothing out; 8 but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves; 9 and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
Cross References
Genesis 28:20
And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, 'Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on --
Genesis 48:15
And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, 'God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:
Deuteronomy 2:7
for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hands; He hath known thy walking in this great wilderness these forty years; Jehovah thy God is with thee; thou hast not lacked anything.
Deuteronomy 8:3-4
'And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Proverbs 30:8-9
Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
Matthew 6:11
'Our appointed bread give us to-day.
Matthew 6:25-33
'Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?
Hebrews 13:5-6
Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'