God Loves a Cheerful Giver
2 Corinthians 9:10
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- KJV
- Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
- WEB
- Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
- ASV
- And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
- LSV
- and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
- YLT
- and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
- DBY
- Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
- DRC
- And he that ministereth seed to the sower, will both give you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and increase the growth of the fruits of your justice:
- GNV
- Also hee that findeth seede to the sower, will minister likewise bread for foode, and multiplie your seede, and increase the fruites of your beneuolence,)
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles read σπόρον (“seed”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read σπέρμα (“seed”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read χορηγήσει (“will supply”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read χορηγήσαι (“would supply”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πληθυνεῖ (“will multiply”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πληθύναι (“would multiply”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐξήσει (“will increase”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐξήσαι (“would increase”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read γενήματα (“fruits”); Textus Receptus read γεννήματα (“fruits”).
SBLGNT apparatus (4)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: σπόρον. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σπόρον; Westcott and Hort (1881), Robinson–Pierpont read σπέρμα.
- SBLGNT: χορηγήσει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read χορηγήσει; Robinson–Pierpont read χορηγήσαι.
- SBLGNT: πληθυνεῖ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πληθυνεῖ; Robinson–Pierpont read πληθύναι.
- SBLGNT: αὐξήσει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐξήσει; Robinson–Pierpont read αὐξήσαι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ δὲ ἐπιχορηγῶν σπόρον τῷ σπείροντι καὶ ἄρτον εἰς βρῶσιν χορηγήσει καὶ πληθυνεῖ τὸν σπόρον ὑμῶν καὶ αὐξήσει τὰ γενήματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὑμῶν·)
- RP2018
- Ὁ δὲ ἐπιχορηγῶν σπέρμα τῷ σπείροντι, καὶ ἄρτον εἰς βρῶσιν χορηγήσαι, καὶ πληθύναι τὸν σπόρον ὑμῶν, καὶ αὐξήσαι τὰ γενήματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὑμῶν·
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ δὲ ἐπιχορηγῶν σπέρμα τῷ σπείροντι, καὶ ἄρτον εἰς βρῶσιν χορηγήσαι, καὶ πληθύναι τὸν σπόρον ὑμῶν, καὶ αὐξήσαι τὰ γεννήματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὑμῶν·
- SCR1894
- ο δε επιχορηγων σπερμα τω σπειροντι και αρτον εις βρωσιν χορηγησαι και πληθυναι τον σπορον υμων και αυξησαι τα γεννηματα της δικαιοσυνης υμων
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 55:10For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
- Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
- Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
- Philippians 4:17Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
- Philippians 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- Genesis 47:19Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that…
- Genesis 47:23–24Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land. At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will…
- Genesis 1:11–12Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants…
- Ephesians 5:9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:10And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).