Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 taken. 27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.

Cross References

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Romans 13:7

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

Genesis 31:29

It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad.'

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds. When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

James 2:15-16

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

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