Tobit 2:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² She used to send what she made to the owners, and they would pay wages to her. One day, the seventh of Dystrus, when she cut off a piece she had woven and sent it to the owners, they paid her full wages and also gave her a young goat for a meal.

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Common English Bible

¹² She would send the cloth to the wool suppliers, and they would pay her for it. On the seventh day of Dystrus, she finished a piece on the loom for her employers. They gave her the full wages, along with a young goat from their herd for her home.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And so the Lord permitted this trial to befall him, in order that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, which is even like that of holy Job.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy Job.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹² The people she worked for would pay her when she delivered the cloth. One spring day, she cut a finished piece of cloth from the loom and took it to the people who had ordered it. They paid her the full price and also gave her a goat.

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

¹² and sent the work back to the owners. They on their part paid her wages, and also gave her a kid.

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