Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation Now a true widow, a woman who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. She prays night and day, asking God for his help. English Standard Version She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, Berean Standard Bible The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers. Berean Literal Bible Now she who is a widow indeed, and being left alone, has hope in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. King James Bible Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. New King James Version Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. New American Standard Bible Now she who is actually a widow and has been left alone has set her hope on God, and she continues in requests and prayers night and day. NASB 1995 Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day. NASB 1977 Now she who is a widow indeed, and who has been left alone has fixed her hope on God, and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day. Legacy Standard Bible Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day. Amplified Bible Now a woman who is really a widow and has been left [entirely] alone [without adequate income] trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. Christian Standard Bible The widow who is truly in need and left all alone has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers; Holman Christian Standard Bible The real widow, left all alone, has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers; 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. Contemporary English Version A widow who is really in need is one who doesn't have any relatives. She has faith in God, and she keeps praying to him night and day, asking for his help. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation A widow who has no family has placed her confidence in God by praying and asking for his help night and day. Good News Translation A widow who is all alone, with no one to take care of her, has placed her hope in God and continues to pray and ask him for his help night and day. International Standard Version A woman who has no other family members to care for her and who is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day. Majority Standard Bible The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers. NET Bible But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day. New Heart English Bible Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day. Webster's Bible Translation Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. Weymouth New Testament A widow who is really in need, friendless and desolate, has her hopes fixed on God, and continues at her supplications and prayers, night and day; World English Bible Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd she who is really a widow and desolate, has hoped on God, and remains in the supplications and in the prayers night and day, Berean Literal Bible Now she who is a widow indeed, and being left alone, has hope in God and continues 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, Smith's Literal Translation And she truly a widow, and forsaken, has hoped in God, and remains in supplications and prayers night and day. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, let her trust in God, and continue in supplications and prayers night and day. Catholic Public Domain Version But she who is truly a widow and is destitute, let her hope in God, and let her be urgent in supplications and prayers, night and day. New American Bible The real widow, who is all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. New Revised Standard Version The real widow, left alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow she who is indeed a widow and destitute, trusts in God, and is constant in prayers and supplications both night and day. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But whoever is truly a widow and is alone, her hope is upon God and continues in prayer and in supplication, night and day; NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBut she that is a widow indeed, and left alone, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. Godbey New Testament She who is truly a widow, and left alone, hopes in God, and abides in prayers and supplication night and day; Haweis New Testament But she who is a widow indeed, and abandoned to solitude, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. Mace New Testament as for the widow, who is really such, and without any assistance, let her place all her hopes in God, and be assiduous in supplication and prayer. Weymouth New Testament A widow who is really in need, friendless and desolate, has her hopes fixed on God, and continues at her supplications and prayers, night and day; Worrell New Testament Now she that is really a widow, and left alone, has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers, night and day. Worsley New Testament Now she, that is really a widow and desolate, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Support for Widows…4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. 5 The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers. 6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.… Cross References James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation. Exodus 22:22-24 You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. / If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. / My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless. Deuteronomy 10:18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” Psalm 146:9 The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. Jeremiah 49:11 Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.” Ruth 1:16-17 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. / Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.” Acts 6:1 In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. Mark 12:40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” Job 29:12-13 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. / The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. 1 Kings 17:9-16 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” / So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.” / And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.” ... 2 Kings 4:1-7 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” / “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” / “Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few. ... Proverbs 15:25 The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow. Treasury of Scripture Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. a widow. 1 Timothy 5:3 Honour 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 careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: and desolate. Isaiah 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. Isaiah 49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? Isaiah 54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. trusteth. Ruth 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy 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; he also is become my salvation. continueth. Luke 2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. Luke 18:1,7 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; … Acts 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Jump to Previous Alone Continues Continueth Desolate Entreaties Family Fixed Help Herself Hope Hoped Hopes Indeed Need Night Petitions Prayers Puts Real Really Supplications Trusteth WidowJump to Next Alone Continues Continueth Desolate Entreaties Family Fixed Help Herself Hope Hoped Hopes Indeed Need Night Petitions Prayers Puts Real Really Supplications Trusteth Widow1 Timothy 5 1. Rules to be observed in reproving.3. Of widows. 17. Of elders. 23. A precept for Timothy's health. 24. Some men's sins go before unto judgment, and some men's follow after. The widow who is truly in need The term "widow" in the ancient context refers to a woman who has lost her husband and, often, her primary means of financial support. In the Greek, the word "χήρα" (chēra) implies not just the loss of a spouse but also a state of vulnerability and need. The phrase "truly in need" emphasizes the genuine destitution and lack of resources, distinguishing such widows from those who might have other means of support. Historically, widows were among the most vulnerable in society, often relying on the community or the church for sustenance. This reflects the heart of God for the marginalized and His call for the church to care for those in genuine need. and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers It has been asked why, in these official directions to Timothy, the question of relief of poor Christian widows comes so prominently forward. We find also that, in the first years which succeeded the Ascension, many widows in Jerusalem seemed to have been dependent on the Church for sustenance (Acts 6:1). Now we should expect to find in the Church of Christ the same loving care which was taken in the old days, when Israel was a great nation, of these solitary and unhappy women. (Comp. Deuteronomy 24:17, where we find special laws respecting the garments of widows never to be taken in pledge. See, too, such passages as Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 27:19; Isaiah 1:17; Jeremiah 7:6; also Isaiah 10:2; Malachi 3:5.) Still, this hardly accounts for the statement of Acts 6:1 and these lengthened directions to Timothy. It is more than probable that there were, especially in these Eastern cities, a very large class of these desolate and unprotected women. The practice of polygamy is accountable for this, in the first instance; and the rigid morality of the Christian teaching would place a bar to the female convert from heathenism relapsing into a life where moral restraints were utterly disregarded. The charities of the early Church, especially in Oriental cities, were, without doubt, heavily burdened with this grave and increasing charge--provision for these poor desolate women; and it was to relieve the congregations in some degree that St. Paul wrote these elaborate instructions to Timothy, warning him, as the chief minister of the Ephesian Church, against an indiscriminate charity, and at the same time providing him with a system of severe restraints to be imposed upon the assisted women. . . . Verse 5. - Hath her hope set on for trusteth in, A.V. A widow indeed (see ver. 3). Desolate (μεμονωμένη; only here in the New Testament, rare in Greek versions of Old Testament, frequent in classical Greek); literally, left alone, or made solitary, which is also the exact meaning of "desolate," from solus, alone. A widow with children or grandchildren able to support her is not altogether desolate. As regards the connecting δέ, rendered "now" both in the A.V. and the R.V., Bishop Ellicott rightly renders it "but." The apostle is contrasting the condition of the ὄντες χήρα, who has only God to look to for help, and who passes her time in prayer, with that of the widow with children and grandchildren. The second "but" in ver. 6 is no real objection; the widow who "giveth herself to pleasure ' is contrasted in her turn with the devout prayerful widow whose conduct has just been described. The inference intended to be drawn, as Ellicott justly remarks, is that the one is eminently fit, and the other eminently unfit, to be supported at the common charge of the Church. Hath her hope set on God (see 1 Timothy 4:10). Supplications and prayers (see 1 Timothy 2:1, note). Night and day. Perhaps by night and by day would express the genitive better (Matthew 2:14; Luke 18:7), as indicating time when, rather than time how long. In Luke 2:37, Anna the prophetess is said to worship "with lastings and supplications night and day (νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν)," where the accusative conveys rather more the notion of vigils prolonged through the night. As regards the order of the words, "day and night," or "night and day," there seems to be no rule. St. Mark always has "night and day" (Mark 4:7; Mark 5:5); St. Luke uses both (Luke 2:37; Luke 18:7; Acts 9:24; Acts 20:31; Acts 26:7). St. Paul always "night and day," as in this passage (Acts 20:31; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; 2 Timothy 1:3). St. John always "day and night" (Revelation 4:8; Revelation 7:15; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 20:10).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [The widow] who [is]Ἡ (Hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. truly ὄντως (ontōs) Adverb Strong's 3689: Really, truly, actually. Adverb of the oblique cases of on; really. [in need] χήρα (chēra) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5503: Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of chasma through the idea of deficiency; a widow, literally or figuratively. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. left all alone μεμονωμένη (memonōmenē) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3443: To leave alone (solitary), forsake. From monos; to isolate, i.e. Bereave. puts [her] hope ἤλπικεν (ēlpiken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1679: To hope, hope for, expect, trust. From elpis; to expect or confide. in ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. God Θεὸν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. continues προσμένει (prosmenei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4357: From pros and meno; to stay further, i.e. Remain in a place, with a person; figuratively, to adhere to, persevere in. night νυκτὸς (nyktos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3571: The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. day ἡμέρας (hēmeras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. in [her] ταῖς (tais) Article - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. petitions δεήσεσιν (deēsesin) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 1162: Supplication, prayer, entreaty. From deomai; a petition. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. prayers. προσευχαῖς (proseuchais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 4335: From proseuchomai; prayer; by implication, an oratory. Links 1 Timothy 5:5 NIV1 Timothy 5:5 NLT 1 Timothy 5:5 ESV 1 Timothy 5:5 NASB 1 Timothy 5:5 KJV 1 Timothy 5:5 BibleApps.com 1 Timothy 5:5 Biblia Paralela 1 Timothy 5:5 Chinese Bible 1 Timothy 5:5 French Bible 1 Timothy 5:5 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Timothy 5:5 Now she who is a widow indeed (1 Tim. 1Ti iTi 1tim i Tm) |
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