17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD 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 man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates:

15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast to the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy increase, and in all the works of thy hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

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

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

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

19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17each 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.

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 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.