As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
Parallel translations
- KJV As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
- BSB As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
- NKJV As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
- NASB as it is written: “The one who had gathered much did not have too much, and the one who had gathered little did not have too little.”
- NLT As the Scriptures say, “Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough.”
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Cross-references · 2
- Exod 16:18When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.
- Luke 22:35He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
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