Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
1 Timothy 6:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content (satisfied). American Standard Version (1901) but having food and covering we shall be therewith content. Common English Bible we’ll be happy with food and clothing. Catholic Public Domain Version But, having nourishment and some kind of covering, we should be content with these. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But having food, and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content. |
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
He blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
Surely the Lord your God has blessed you in all your undertakings; he knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’
Not that I am referring to being in need, for I have learned to be content with whatever I have.