Deuteronomy 16:17

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you.

Hebrew Names Version
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you.

King James Version
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

Lexham English Bible
Each person shall give as he is able, that is, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God that he has given to you.

English Standard Version
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

New Century Version
Each of you must bring a gift that will show how much the Lord your God has blessed you.

New English Translation
Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

Amplified Bible
"Every man shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing which the LORD your God has given you.

New American Standard Bible
"Everyone shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Euery man shall giue according to the gift of his hand, and according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath giuen thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which He has given you.

Contemporary English Version
The bigger the harvest the Lord gives you, the bigger your gift should be.

Complete Jewish Bible
but every man is to give what he can, in accordance with the blessing Adonai your God has given you. Haftarah Re'eh: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 54:11–55:5 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Re'eh: 1 Corinthians 5:9–13; 1 Yochanan (1 John) 4:1–6 "You are to appoint judges and officers for all your gates [in the cities] Adonai your God is giving you, tribe by tribe; and they are to judge the people with righteous judgment. You are not to distort justice or show favoritism, and you are not to accept a bribe, for a gift blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of even the upright. Justice, only justice, you must pursue; so that you will live and inherit the land Adonai your God is giving you. "You are not to plant any sort of tree as a sacred pole beside the altar of Adonai your God that you will make for yourselves. Likewise, do not set up a standing-stone; Adonai your God hates such things.

Darby Translation
each [shall give] according to that which is in his power to give, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
Each man should give as much as he can. He should decide how much to give by thinking about how much the Lord has given him.

George Lamsa Translation
But every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you.

Good News Translation
as he is able, in proportion to the blessings that the Lord your God has given him.

Literal Translation
but each with his gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God, which He has given you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but euery one after the gifte of his hande, acordinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy God hath geuen the.

American Standard Version
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

Bible in Basic English
Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euery man shall geue accordyng to the gift of his hande, & accordyng to the blessyng of the Lorde thy God which he hath geuen thee.]

JPS Old Testament (1917)
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee.

King James Version (1611)
Euery man shall giue as hee is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath giuen thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Each one according to his ability, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he has given thee.

English Revised Version
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

Berean Standard Bible
Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but ech man schal offre vpe this that he hath, bi the blessyng of his Lord God, which he yaf to `that man.

Young's Literal Translation
each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

Update Bible Version
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Every man [shall give] as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

World English Bible
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you.

New King James Version
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

New Living Translation
All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the Lord your God.

New Life Bible
Every man should give as he is able, as the Lord your God has given to you.

New Revised Standard
all shall give as they are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
every man according as his hand can give, - according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God, which he hath bestowed upon thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But every one shall offer according to what he hath, according to the blessing of the Lord his God, which he shall give him.

Revised Standard Version
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

Contextual Overview

¹Observe the month of Abib by celebrating the Passover to God , your God. It was in the month of Abib that God , your God, delivered you by night from Egypt. Offer the Passover-Sacrifice to God , your God, at the place God chooses to be worshiped by establishing his name there. Don't eat yeast bread with it; for seven days eat it with unraised bread, hard-times bread, because you left Egypt in a hurry—that bread will keep the memory fresh of how you left Egypt for as long as you live. There is to be no sign of yeast anywhere for seven days. And don't let any of the meat that you sacrifice in the evening be left over until morning. ⁵Don't sacrifice the Passover in any of the towns that God , your God, gives you other than the one God , your God, designates for worship; there and there only you will offer the Passover-Sacrifice at evening as the sun goes down, marking the time that you left Egypt. Boil and eat it at the place designated by God , your God. Then, at daybreak, turn around and go home. ⁸ Eat unraised bread for six days. Set aside the seventh day as a holiday; don't do any work. ⁹Starting from the day you put the sickle to the ripe grain, count out seven weeks. Celebrate the Feast-of-Weeks to God , your God, by bringing your Freewill-Offering—give as generously as God , your God, has blessed you. Rejoice in the Presence of God , your God: you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maid, the Levite who lives in your neighborhood, the foreigner, the orphan and widow among you; rejoice at the place God , your God, will set aside to be worshiped. ¹² Don't forget that you were once a slave in Egypt. So be diligent in observing these regulations. ¹³Observe the Feast-of-Booths for seven days when you gather the harvest from your threshing-floor and your wine-vat. Rejoice at your festival: you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maid, the Levite, the foreigner, and the orphans and widows who live in your neighborhood. Celebrate the Feast to God , your God, for seven days at the place God designates. God , your God, has been blessing you in your harvest and in all your work, so make a day of it—really celebrate! ¹⁶All your men must appear before God , your God, three times each year at the place he designates: at the Feast-of-Unraised-Bread (Passover), at the Feast-of-Weeks, and at the Feast-of-Booths. No one is to show up in the Presence of God empty-handed; each man must bring as much as he can manage, giving generously in response to the blessings of God , your God.

Bible Verse Review
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as he is able: Heb. according to the gift of his hand, Deuteronomy 16:10, Leviticus 27:8, Ezra 2:63, Mark 12:41-44, 2 Corinthians 8:12, 2 Corinthians 9:6, 2 Corinthians 9:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:2 - they Leviticus 23:37 - the feasts Deuteronomy 31:11 - to appear 1 Chronicles 21:24 - Nay Ezekiel 46:5 - as he shall be able to give Matthew 5:23 - thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Every man shall give as he is able,.... The quantity to be given is not fixed in the law, but the wise men appointed it, as observed on Deuteronomy 16:16 but it is left by the Lord to the generosity of the people, only giving this general rule, that they should do according to their ability, and as the Lord had prospered them; see

1 Corinthians 16:2 so Jarchi,

"every man that hath many eatables and much goods shall bring many burnt offerings and many peace offerings.''