(NIV)
or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband – for her he may make himself unclean.
(ESV)
or his
virgin sister (who is
near to him because she has had
no husband; for her he may make himself
unclean).
(NIV)
would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the
Lord’s hand has turned against me!’
(ESV)
would you therefore
wait till they were
grown? Would you
therefore refrain from
marrying?
No, my
daughters, for it is
exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the
hand of the
Lord has
gone out against me.”
(NIV)
‘“A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person; however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile himself.
(ESV)
They shall
not defile themselves by
going near to a
dead person.
However, for
father or
mother, for
son or
daughter, for
brother or
unmarried sister they may
defile themselves.
(NIV)
He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
(ESV)
He had four unmarried daughters,
who
prophesied.
(NIV)
Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: it is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.
(ESV)
To the
unmarried and the
widows I
say that it
is good for
them to
remain single
as,
I am.
(NIV)
But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
(ESV)
(
but if she does, she should
remain unmarried or else be
reconciled to her
husband),
and the
husband should
not divorce his
wife.
(NIV)
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.
(ESV)
I
want you to
be free from anxieties.
The
unmarried man is
anxious about the
things of the
Lord,
how to
please the
Lord.
(NIV)
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.
(ESV)
and his interests are
divided.
And the
unmarried or
betrothed woman is
anxious about the
things of the
Lord, how to
be holy in
body and spirit.
But the
married woman is
anxious about worldly things,
how to
please her
husband.
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