1 Timothy 5:5
 1 Timothy 5:5 
New International Version (© 2011)
The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.

King James Bible
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

American Standard Version
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

Young's Literal Translation
And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,

1 Timothy 5:5 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

And desolate - Και μεμονωμενη· Left entirely alone - having neither children nor relatives to take care of her.

Trusteth in God - Finding she has no other helper, she continues in prayer and supplication, that she may derive that from God which, in the course of his providence, he has deprived her of among men.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a widow.

1 Timothy 5:3 Honor widows that are widows indeed.

Romans 1:5,12,20,21 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name...

1 Corinthians 7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord...

and desolate.

Isaiah 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit on the ground.

Isaiah 49:21 Then shall you say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive...

Isaiah 54:1 Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with child...

Lamentations 1:13 From above has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back...

trusteth.

Ruth 2:12 The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to trust.

Psalm 91:4 He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song...

Isaiah 50:10 Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obeys the voice of his servant, that walks in darkness, and has no light?...

1 Corinthians 7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord...

1 Peter 3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves...

continueth. See on

Luke 2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple...

Luke 18:1,7 And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint...

Acts 26:7 To which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa...

Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit...

1 Timothy 5:5 Parallel Commentaries
Alone Continues Continueth Desolate Entreaties Family Fixed Help Herself Hope Hoped Hopes Indeed Need Night Petitions Prayers Puts Real Really Supplications Trusteth Widow
Alone Continues Continueth Desolate Entreaties Family Fixed Help Herself Hope Hoped Hopes Indeed Need Night Petitions Prayers Puts Real Really Supplications Trusteth Widow
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Luke 2:37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Acts 6:1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
Acts 9:39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
Acts 9:41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive.
1 Corinthians 7:32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world--how she can please her husband.
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.