ESV
KJV
4. 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.
ASV
4. No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
ERVEN
4. A soldier wants to please his commanding officer, so he does not spend any time on activities that are not a part of his duty.
NLT
4. Soldiers don't get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.
WEB
4. No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
NET
4. No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
NLV
4. No soldier fighting in a war can take time to make a living. He must please the one who made him a soldier.
HCSB
4. To please the recruiter, no one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of everyday life.
YLT
4. no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
LITV
4. No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of this life, so that he might please the one having enlisted him.
RV
4. No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of {cf15i this} life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
NCV
4. A soldier wants to please the enlisting officer, so no one serving in the army wastes time with everyday matters.
MKJV
4. No one who wars tangles with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.
AKJV
4. 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.
LXXEN
KJV
4. 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.
AMP
4. No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him.
KJVP
4. No man G3762 A-NSM that warreth G4754 V-PMP-NSM entangleth himself with G1707 V-PPI-3S the G3588 T-DPF affairs G4230 N-DPF of [ this ] life G979 N-GSM ; that G2443 CONJ he G3588 T-DSM may please G700 V-AAS-3S him who hath chosen him to be a soldier G4758 V-AAP-DSM .
YLT
4. no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
ASV
4. No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
WEB
4. No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
NASB
4. To satisfy the one who recruited him, a soldier does not become entangled in the business affairs of life.
ESV
4. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
RV
4. No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of {cf15i this} life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
RSV
4. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him.
NKJV
4. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of [this] life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
MKJV
4. No one who wars tangles with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.
AKJV
4. 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.
NRSV
4. No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; the soldier's aim is to please the enlisting officer.
NIV
4. No-one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his commanding officer.
NIRV
4. A soldier does not take part in things that don't have anything to do with the army. He wants to please his commanding officer.
NLT
4. Soldiers don't get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.
MSG
4. A soldier on duty doesn't get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on carrying out orders.
GNB
4. A soldier on active duty wants to please his commanding officer and so does not get mixed up in the affairs of civilian life.
NET
4. No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
ERVEN
4. A soldier wants to please his commanding officer, so he does not spend any time on activities that are not a part of his duty.