Tobit 1:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ I would give my food to the hungry and my clothing to the naked, and if I saw the dead body of any of my nation thrown out behind the wall of Nineveh, I would bury it.

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Common English Bible

¹⁷ I gave a portion of my food to the hungry and clothes to the naked. Whenever I saw that the corpse of anyone from my nation had been flung outside the wall of Nineveh, I buried it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And when, in the midst of the great tumult of his kindred, he saw the destitution of Gabael, who was from his tribe, he loaned him, under a written agreement, the aforementioned weight of silver.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And when amongst a great multitude of his kindred, he saw Gabelus in want, who was one of his tribe, taking a note of his hand he gave him the aforesaid sum of money.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁷ If they were hungry, I shared my food with them; if they needed clothes, I gave them some of my own. Whenever I saw that the dead body of one of my people had been thrown outside the city wall, I gave it a decent burial.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

¹⁷ and my garments to the naked. If I saw any of my race dead, and thrown out on the wall of Ninevah, I buried him.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁷ I gave them food when they were hungry and clothes when they had none. And whenever I saw the dead body of an Israelite tossed outside Nineveh's city wall, I always buried the body.

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