Genesis 14:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

that I will not take anything that is yours, from a thread to a sandal strap, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich';

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, “I have made Abram rich.”'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    that I will not{H518} take a thread{H2339} nor a shoe-latchet{H5275} nor aught{H518} that{H3947} is thine, lest thou shouldest say,{H559} I have made{H6238} Abram{H87} rich:{H6238}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    That I will not{H518} take from a thread{H2339} even to a shoelatchet{H5275}{H8288}, and that I will not{H518} take{H3947}{(H8799)} any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say{H559}{(H8799)}, I have made{H6238} Abram{H87} rich{H6238}{(H8689)}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    that I will not take of all yt is thyne so moch as a thred or a shoulacher lest thou shuldest saye I haue made Abra ryche.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    that I wyll not take of all that is thyne, so moch as a threde or a shue lachet, lest thou shuldest saye: I haue made Abram ryche:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a threde or shoolatchet, lest thou shouldest say, I haue made Abram riche,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    That I wyll not take of all that is thyne so muche as a threede or shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest saye, I haue made Abram ryche:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I -- I have made Abram rich;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say,‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 5:16 : 16 But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive nothing. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
  • Esth 9:15-16 : 15 For the Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men at Shushan; but on the plunder they did not lay their hands. 16 But the other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their foes, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder,
  • 2 Cor 11:9-9 : 9 And when I was with you and in need, I was a burden to no one: for what I lacked the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied. And in all things I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and so I will keep myself. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows. 12 But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.
  • 2 Cor 12:14 : 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not yours, but you. For the children should not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.'
  • 2 Kgs 5:20 : 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, by not receiving from his hands what he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.
  • 1 Kgs 13:8 : 8 And the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water in this place:

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