Real Bible Translation

And a rightly-reverent one, he who is fearing the God in sync with all the Household of himself he who is making charities multitudinous to the People and he who is in lack of the God straight through all.⁴⁶

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Religious, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying God always.

LITV Translation:
one devout and fearing God, with all his household, both doing many alms to the people and praying continually to God.

Footnotes

δεόμενος as simply “praying” is too narrow and not the most accurate rendering.

The verb δέομαι has a primary sense of “to be in want, to lack” (with genitive), from which the secondary sense “to entreat, beg, beseech” developed. In religious contexts, the latter often comes close to “praying,” but that is really a specialized usage of the more general “entreat, request.”

“needing, lacking” (with genitive):
- ὕδατος δεόμενος = “needing water.”
- σοφίας δεόμενος = “lacking wisdom.”
“begging, entreating, praying” (with genitive of thing asked, or accusative + infinitive of person + action):
- ἐλέου δεόμενος = “begging for pity.”
- θεοὺς δεόμενος = “entreating the gods.”
General sense: “lacking, needing” → δεόμενος = “being in need” + genitive of thing needed
Extended sense: “entreating, begging” → in sacred contexts, this can overlap with “praying,” but the core is “supplicating.”

Thus, glossing δεόμενος directly as “praying” would overspecify the meaning and obscure its broader semantic range.

(cf Slater, Abbott-Smith δέομαι)