2 Timothy 2:4
American King James Version (AKJV)
No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
American Standard Version (ASV)
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
No man, acting as a soldier for God, entangles himself in worldly matters, so that he may be pleasing to him for whom he has proven himself.
Darby Bible (DBY)
No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.
English Revised Version (ERV)
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
A soldier on active duty doesn't get caught up in the business of everyday life. He wants to please the one who enlisted him.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world’s business—so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.
King James Version (KJV)
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
Webster Bible (Webster)
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
World English Bible (WEB)
No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;