Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken. 27 Refuse not to do good unto him that should have it, so long as thine hand is able to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, "Go thy way and come again, tomorrow will I give thee"

Cross References

Galatians 6:10

While we have, therefore, time; let us do good unto all men, and specially, unto them which are of the household of faith.

Romans 13:7

Give to every man therefore his duty: Tribute to whom tribute belongeth: Custom to whom custom is due: fear to whom fear belongeth: Honour to whom honour pertaineth.

Genesis 31:29

for I am able to do you evil. But the God of your father spake unto me yesterday, saying, 'take heed that thou speak not to Jacob ought save good.'

Micah 2:1

Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God.

Titus 2:14

which gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works.

James 2:15-16

If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food,

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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