New International Version
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.

English Standard Version
No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.

Berean Study Bible
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

King James Bible
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 American Standard Bible
No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

American Standard Version
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Darby Bible Translation
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 Bible
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
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Young's Literal Translation
no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

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