## But a real widow is left all alone  ##

"But one who is truly a widow has no family"

## she always waits before him with requests and prayers ##

"She patiently waits for God with her requests and prayers"

## requests and prayers ##

These two words mean basically the same thing. Paul uses them together to emphasize how much these widows pray. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

## both night and day ##

AT: "all the time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])

## However ##

"But"

## the luxury-loving woman  ##

loving woman **- "the woman who lives only for her own pleasure"

## dead ##

This metaphor means that she is not able to respond to God. AT: “like a dead person, she does not respond to God.” (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## alive ##

This refers to physical life.