1 Timothy 5:23 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

English ASV

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomachs sake and thine often infirmities.

English Amplified

Drink water no longer exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Drink water no longer exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Don’t continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.

English EASY 2024

I know that you often become ill. So do not drink only water, but drink a little wine. This will help your stomach to keep well.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Timothy, stop drinking only water, and drink a little wine. This will help your stomach, and you will not be sick so often.

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Do not drink water only, but take a little wine to help your digestion, since you are sick so often.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Stop drinking only water. Instead, drink a little wine for your stomach because you are frequently sick.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Don't continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

English KJV 1611

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

English LSB

No longer drink water only, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent illnesses.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Stop drinking only water, but have a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Stop drinking only water. If your stomach is upset, drink a little wine. It can also help the other sicknesses you often have.

English NIV

Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

English NKJ 1982

No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

English NLT

Don't drink only water. You ought to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so often.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

No longer drink only water, but take a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

(If drinking the water causes you to have stomach ailments, drink some wine instead.)

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

(By the way, this doesn't mean you should completely give up drinking wine. You ought to take a little sometimes as medicine for your stomach because you are sick so often.)

English Tyndale 1537

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine, for thy stomach's sake, and thine often diseases.(sickness)

1 Timothy 5:23 — Compare Translations