And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
Ephesians 5:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil. American Standard Version (1901) redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Common English Bible Take advantage of every opportunity because these are evil times. Catholic Public Domain Version but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil: And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
The king answered and said, I know of a certain that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
And this, knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.
I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.
Wherefore take up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.