New Revised Standard Version
making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

Contemporary English Version
These are evil times, so make every minute count.

New American Bible
making the most of the opportunity, because the days are evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Redeeming.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.

Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

Galatians 6:10 Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

Colossians 4:5 Walk with wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time.

the days.

Ephesians 6:13,15 Therefore, take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day and to stand in all things perfect. . . .

Psalm 37:19 They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:

Ecclesiastes 11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:

Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.

John 12:35 Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, and the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither be goeth.

Acts 11:28,29 And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over the whole world, which came to pass under Claudius. . . .

1 Corinthians 7:26,29-31 I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity: that it is good for a man so to be. . . .