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1 Timothy 5:9

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.
1 Timothy 5:9 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, `having been' the wife of one man,

    ASV

  • Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

    BBE

  • Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, [having been] wife of one man,

    DBY

  • Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

    WEB

  • A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

    YLT

  • Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.

    ENG

  • Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.

    WBT

  • A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,

    BSB

In context

7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.

10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

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