And the man of God said to the king, “If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;
Genesis 14:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That I would not take a thread or a shoelace or anything that is yours, lest you should 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: Common English Bible that I wouldn’t take even a thread or a sandal strap from anything that was yours so that you couldn’t say, ‘I’m the one who made Abram rich.’ Catholic Public Domain Version that from one thread within a blanket, even to a single shoelace, I will not take anything from that which is yours, lest you say, 'I have enriched Abram,' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That from the very woof thread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say: I have enriched Abram. |
And the man of God said to the king, “If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;
But he said, “As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and get something from him.”
even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.”