2 Corinthians 8:15

Generosity Commended

14At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. Then there will be equality. 15As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

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Berean Standard Bible
As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
American Standard Version (1901)
as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack.
Bible in Basic English
As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.
Douay-Rheims 1899
As it is written: He that had much, had nothing over; and he that had little, had no want.
Free Bible Version
As Scripture says, “The one who had much didn't have any excess, and the one who didn't have much didn't have too little.”
Geneva Bible 1599
As it is written, Hee that gathered much, had nothing ouer, and hee that gathered litle, had not the lesse.
King James (Authorized) Version
As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
Translation for Translators
If that happens, the result will be like it is written {like someone/Moses wrote} in the Scriptures about the time when God provided manna for his people, If someone gathered a lot of manna, he still did not have more than he needed, because he gave some to someone who did not have enough. And those who gathered only a little manna still had all that they needed [LIT], because others who gathered more than they needed gave some manna to them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
It is as it is written: “The one with much did not have anything left over, and the one who had little did not have any lack.”
Noah Webster Bible
As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no want.
World English Bible
As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
Young's Literal Translation
according as it hath been written, 'He who [did gather] much, had nothing over; and he who [did gather] little, had no lack.'