1 Timothy 3:5 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
MSB Majority Standard Bible
For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
LSV Literal Standard Version
(and if anyone has not known [how] to lead his own house, how will he take care of an assembly of God?)
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
(For if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
For if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for a church of God?
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
(and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
FBV Free Bible Version
(For if a man doesn't know how to manage his own family, how can he manage God's church?)
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Porque el que no sabe gobernar su casa, ¿cómo cuidará de la Iglesia de Dios?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
(Porque el que no sabe gobernar su casa, ¿cómo cuidará de la iglesia de Dios?)
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
porque no puede cuidar la iglesia quien no puede gobernar su propia familia.
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
(pues si alguno no sabe dirigir a su propia familia, ¿cómo cuidará de la iglesia de Dios?),
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
(Pues si un hombre no sabe manejar a su propia familia, ¿cómo podrá manejar la iglesia de Dios?)
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Porque si alguien no sabe gobernar su propia casa, ¿cómo cuidará de la iglesia de Dios?
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
εἰ δέ τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδε, πῶς ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται; —
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ει δε τις του ιδιου οικου προστηναι ουκ οιδεν, πως εκκλησιας θεου επιμελησεται;—
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Εἰ δέ τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδε, πῶς ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ει δε τισ του ιδιου οικου προστηναι ουκ οιδεν πωσ εκκλησιασ θεου επιμελησεται
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
(εἰ δέ τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδεν, πῶς ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται;)
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
(εἰ δέ τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδεν, πῶς ἐκκλησίας θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται;)
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Si quis autem domui suæ præesse nescit, quomodo ecclesiæ Dei diligentiam habebit?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
а҆́ще же кто̀ своегѡ̀ до́мꙋ не ᲂу҆мѣ́етъ пра́вити, ка́кѡ ѡ҆ цр҃кви бж҃їей прилѣжа́ти возмо́жетъ;
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
ибо, кто не умеет управлять собственным домом, тот будет ли пещись о Церкви Божией?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
διότι εάν τις δεν εξεύρη να κυβερνά τον εαυτού οίκον, πως θέλει επιμεληθή την εκκλησίαν του Θεού;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
а ако ко не уме својим домом управљати, како ће се моћи старати за цркву Божију?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
a ako ko ne ume svojim domom upravljati, kako će se moći starati za crkvu Božiju?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَإِنَّمَا إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يُدَبِّرَ بَيْتَهُ، فَكَيْفَ يَعْتَنِي بِكَنِيسَةِ ٱللهِ؟
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC