1 Thessalonians 5:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.”

1 Thessalonians 5:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Thessalonians 5:7 in 6 Bible Translations

Read 1 Thessalonians 5:7 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

1 Thessalonians 5:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.”

1 Thessalonians 5:7 — World English Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.”

1 Thessalonians 5:7 — American Standard Version

1 Thessalonians 5:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,”

1 Thessalonians 5:7 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Thessalonians 5:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;”

1 Thessalonians 5:7 — Darby Translation

1 Thessalonians 5:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.”

1 Thessalonians 5:7 — Geneva Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:7 in Context — 1 Thessalonians 5

5 Porque todos vosotros sois hijos de luz, é hijos del día; no somos de la noche, ni de las tinieblas.

6 Por tanto, no durmamos como los demás; antes velemos y seamos sobrios.

7 Porque los que duermen, de noche duermen; y los que están borrachos, de noche están borrachos.

8 Mas nosotros, que somos del día, estemos sobrios, vestidos de cota de fe y de caridad, y la esperanza de salud por yelmo.

9 Porque no nos ha puesto Dios para ira, sino para alcanzar salud por nuestro Señor Jesucristo;

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What Does 1 Thessalonians 5:7 Mean?

1 Thessalonians 5:7 is a verse from the Book of 1 Thessalonians, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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