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 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

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

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

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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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