Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.

King James Version

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Holman Bible

When it is in your power,
don’t withhold good from the one it belongs to.

International Standard Version

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.

A Conservative Version

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

American Standard Version

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Amplified


Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due [its rightful recipients],
When it is in your power to do it.

Bible in Basic English

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Darby Translation

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not withhold good from those possessing it in its being to the power of thy hand to do.

King James 2000

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do.

Modern King James verseion

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Refuse not to do good unto him that should have it, so long as thine hand is able to do it.

NET Bible

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

New Heart English Bible

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

The Emphasized Bible

Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:

Webster

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

World English Bible

Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Youngs Literal Translation

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מנע 
mana` 
Usage: 29

from them to whom it is due
בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 85

when it is in the power
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

of thine hand
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

to do

Usage: 0

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Proverbs 3:27

Context Readings

Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society

26 For the Lord will be your confidence
And will keep your foot from being caught.
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.



Cross References

Galatians 6:10

So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

Romans 13:7

Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Genesis 31:29

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful not to speak either good or bad to Jacob.’

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they do it,
For it is in the power of their hands.

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

James 2:15-16

If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,

James 5:4

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

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