17each 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.


In Context

14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates.

15 Seven days shalt thou hold a feast to Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah will choose; for Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy produce, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be wholly joyful.

16 Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he will choose, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:

17 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.

18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.

19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17Every man [shall give] as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:17Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:17But every one shall offer according to what he hath, according to the blessing of the Lord his God, which he shall give him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you.