2 Corinthians 9:9 Parallel Translations
NASB: as it is written, "HE SCATTERED ABROAD, HE GAVE TO THE POOR, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER." (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Scripture says, "The righteous person gives freely to the poor. His righteousness continues forever."(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
ASV: as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.
BBE: As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.
DBY: according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.
ERV: as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.
WEY: As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his almsgiving remains for ever."
WBS: (As it is written, He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
WEB: As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."
YLT: (according as it hath been written, 'He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,')
2 Corinthians 9:9 Cross References
XREF:Psalm 112:9 He has given freely to the poor, His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted in honor. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for {h} ever.
(h) Is everlasting: now David speaks of a man that fears God, and loves his neighbour, who will always be able
(he says) to give to others.
PNT: 9:9 As it is written. In Ps 112:9.
He hath dispersed abroad. It is said there of the man who feareth the Lord: He does not hold tightly but dispenses abroad by giving to the poor.
His righteousness. Right doing in giving.
Remaineth for ever. That is, he is supplied with means to keep it up.
WES: 9:9 He hath scattered abroad - (A generous word.) With a full hand, without any anxious thought which way each grain falls. His righteousness - His beneficence, with the blessed effects of it. Remaineth for ever - Unexhausted, God still renewing his store. Psalm 112:9
MHC: 9:6-15 Money bestowed in charity, may to the carnal mind seem thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which a valuable increase may be expected. It should be given carefully. Works of charity, like other good works, should be done with thought and design. Due thought, as to our circumstances, and those we are about to relieve, will direct our gifts for charitable uses. Help should be given freely, be it more or less; not grudgingly, but cheerfully. While some scatter, and yet increase; others withhold more than is meet, and it tends to poverty. If we had more faith and love, we should waste less on ourselves, and sow more in hope of a plentiful increase. Can a man lose by doing that with which God is pleased? He is able to make all grace abound towards us, and to abound in us; to give a large increase of spiritual and of temporal good things. He can make us to have enough in all things; and to be content with what we have. God gives not only enough for ourselves, but that also wherewith we may supply the wants of others, and this should be as seed to be sown. We must show the reality of our subjection to the gospel, by works of charity. This will be for the credit of our profession, and to the praise and glory of God. Let us endeavour to copy the example of Christ, being unwearied in doing good, and deeming it more blessed to give than to receive. Blessed be God for the unspeakable gift of his grace, whereby he enables and inclines some of his people to bestow upon others, and others to be grateful for it; and blessed be his glorious name to all eternity, for Jesus Christ, that inestimable gift of his love, through whom this and every other good thing, pertaining to life and godliness, are freely given unto us, beyond all expression, measure, or bounds.
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