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George Lamsa Translation

2 Corinthians 9:9

As it is written, He has distributed liberally; and given to the poor; and his righteousness endures for ever.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beneficence;   Blessing;   Eternity;   Liberality;   Quotations and Allusions;   The Topic Concordance - Abundance/bounty;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;   Poor, the;   Righteousness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Giving;   Money;   Righteousness;   Tithes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Contentment;   Justice;   2 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Gift, Giving;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Commandment;   Interpretation;   Old Testament;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alms;   World, the;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alms;   Church;   Church Government;   Collection;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to the;   Grace;   Poor;   Poverty;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alms;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As it is written:
King James Version (1611)
(As it is written: Hee hath dispersed abroad: Hee hath giuen to the poore: his righteousnesse remaineth for euer.
King James Version
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
English Standard Version
As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."
New American Standard Bible
as it is written: "HE SCATTERED ABROAD, HE GAVE TO THE POOR, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER."
New Century Version
It is written in the Scriptures: "He gives freely to the poor. The things he does are right and will continue forever." Psalm 112:9
Amplified Bible
As it is written and forever remains written, "HE [the benevolent and generous person] SCATTERED ABROAD, HE GAVE TO THE POOR, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
as it is written, "HE SCATTERED ABROAD, HE GAVE TO THE POOR, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER."
Legacy Standard Bible
as it is written,"He scattered abroad, he gave to the needy,His righteousness stands forever."
Berean Standard Bible
As it is written: "He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever."
Contemporary English Version
The Scriptures say, "God freely gives his gifts to the poor, and always does right."
Complete Jewish Bible
as the Tanakh says, "He gave generously to the poor; his tzedakah lasts forever."
Darby Translation
according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.
Easy-to-Read Version
As the Scriptures say, "He gives generously to the poor; his goodness will continue forever."
Geneva Bible (1587)
( As it is written, He hath sparsed abroad and hath giuen to the poore: his beneuolence remayneth for euer.
Good News Translation
As the scripture says, "He gives generously to the needy; his kindness lasts forever."
Lexham English Bible
Just as it is written, "He scattered widely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remains forever."
Literal Translation
even as it has been written, "He scattered, he gave to the poor, his righteousness abides forever." Psa. 112:9
American Standard Version
as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Hebrew Names Version
As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."
International Standard Version
As it is written,Psalm 112:9;">[xr] "He scatters everywhere and gives to the poor; his righteousness lasts forever."Psalm 112:9">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
As it is written, He hath dispersed and given to the poor, And his righteousness standeth for ever.
Murdock Translation
As it is written, He hath dispersed and given to the poor; and his righteousness is established for ever.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As it is written: He hath sparsed abrode, and hath geuen to the poore, his ryghteousnesse remayneth for euer.
English Revised Version
as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.
World English Bible
As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(As it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness remaineth for ever.
Weymouth's New Testament
As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his almsgiving remains for ever."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
as it is writun, He delide abrood, he yaf to pore men, his riytwisnesse dwellith withouten ende.
Update Bible Version
as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor; His righteousness abides forever.
Webster's Bible Translation
(As it is written, He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
New English Translation
Just as it is written, " He has scattered widely , he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever ."
New King James Version
As it is written: "He has dispersed abroad,He has given to the poor;His righteousness endures forever." Psalms 112:9 ">[fn]
New Living Translation
As the Scriptures say, "They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever."
New Life Bible
The Holy Writings say, "He has given much to the poor. His right-standing with God lasts forever."
New Revised Standard
As it is written, "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even as it is written - He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, - his righteousness, abideth to futurity.
Douay-Rheims Bible
As it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever.
Revised Standard Version
As it is written, "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
as it is written: He yt sparsed abroade and hath geven to the povre his rightewesnes remayneth for ever.
Young's Literal Translation
(according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,')
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As it is wrytte: He hath sparsed abrode & geue to ye poore, his righteousnes remayneth for euer.
Mace New Testament (1729)
as it is written, " he hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his liberality remaineth for ever."
Simplified Cowboy Version
The Good Books says, "The cowboys gave what they had to those who didn't have anything. Their deeds will be remembered forever."

Contextual Overview

6 But remember this, He who sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he who sows generously shall reap also generously. 7 So let every man give according to what he has decided in his mind, not grudgingly or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 God is able to make all goodness abound to you, and may you always have enough of everything for yourselves, and may you abound in every good work: 9 As it is written, He has distributed liberally; and given to the poor; and his righteousness endures for ever. 10 Now he who gives seed to the sower, and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed, and cause the fruits of your righteousness to grow; 11 That you may be enriched in everything, in all liberality, for such generosity enables us to perfect thanksgiving to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints, but it also is made abundant by many thanksgivings to God. 13 By this experiment of charitable service they glorify God in that you have subjected yourselves to the faith of the gospel of Christ, and through your generosity you have become partakers with them and with all men, 14 And they offer prayer on your behalf with greater love, because of the abundance of the grace of God which has been on you. 15 Thanks be to God for his incomparable gift.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

He hath dispersed: Psalms 112:9

his: Psalms 112:3, Proverbs 8:18, Proverbs 21:21, Isaiah 51:8, 1 Corinthians 13:13, Galatians 5:5, Galatians 5:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 30:2 - swear Job 30:25 - was Proverbs 21:26 - the righteous Isaiah 55:10 - give Matthew 6:1 - alms John 6:13 - and filled Acts 2:45 - parted Philippians 4:17 - fruit

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall enter into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons wives with you.
Genesis 9:7
As for you, be fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply in it.
Genesis 9:8
And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:9
As for me, behold, I will establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you;
Genesis 9:10
And with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every wild beast of the earth with you; with all that come out of the ark, and with every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you; so that never again shall all flesh perish by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all the flesh that is upon the earth,
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your descendants shall inherit the lands of their enemies;
Jeremiah 33:20
Thus says the LORD: if they can break my ordinances of the day, and my ordinances of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their appointed time;
Romans 1:3
Concerning his son who was born in the flesh of the seed of the house of David,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As it is written,.... In Psalms 112:9 where it is said of the good and righteous man,

he hath dispersed ממוניה, "his riches", his substance, as the Chaldee paraphrase adds by way of explanation; not in a profuse extravagant manner, but with wisdom and prudence, and yet largely and liberally, according to his ability. Just as the sower scatters his seed here, and there, and in every place, with an open and wide hand, to the good man distributes to all in necessity, and makes them all partakers of his bounty; he gives not only to one, but to many, and not to all without distinction he meets with, whether necessitous or not:

he hath given to the poor. This explains the former phrase, and points out the persons, the objects of the good man's bounty and compassion:

his righteousness remaineth for ever. This is not to be understood of his justifying righteousness, as if that consisted of, and was established upon his works of bounty and charity to the poor; nor of his fame among men on account of his liberality; nor of any reward in another world; but of his beneficence itself, it being common with the Jews to call alms צדקה, "righteousness":

Psalms 112:9- : and the sense is, that what such a man bestows in charity on the poor shall not be lost, but shall be like the seed cast into the earth, shall spring up again, and bring forth fruit with increase, according to what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As it is written - Psalms 112:9. The idea is, “in this way will the saying in the Scriptures be verified, or the promise confirmed.” The psalmist is describing the character of the righteous man. One of his characteristics, he says, is, that he has scattered abroad, he has given liberally to the poor. On such a man a blessing is pronounced Psalms 112:1; and one of the blessings will be that he shall be prospered. Some difficulty has been felt by commentators to see how the quotation here made sustains the position of Paul that the liberal man would be blessed of God, and would receive an increase according to his liberality. In order to this, they have supposed (see Doddridge, Bloomfield, and Clarke) that the word “righteousness” means the same as almsgiving, or that “he would always have something to bestow.” But I would suggest that perhaps Paul quoted this, as quotations are frequently made in the Scriptures, where a passage was familiar. He quotes only a part of the passage, meaning that the whole passage confirms the point under consideration. Thus, the whole passage in the psalm is, “He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor;” that is, he shall be abundantly blessed with prosperity and with the favor of God. Thus, the entire promise sustains the position of Paul, that the liberal man would be abundantly blessed. The phrase “he hath dispersed” Ἐσκόρπισεν Eskorpisen, may refer either to the act of sowing, as a man scatters seed on the earth; or there may be an allusion to the oriental custom of scattering money among an assembled company of paupers; compare Proverbs 11:24.

His righteousness - His deeds of beneficence.

Remaineth - In its fruits and consequences; that is, either in its effects on others, or on himself. It may mean that the sums so distributed will remain with him forever inasmuch as he will be supplied with all that is needful to enable him to do good to others. This interpretation accords with the connection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 9:9. He hath dispersed abroad — Here is still the allusion to the sower. He sows much; not at home merely, or among those with whom he is acquainted, but abroad-among the strangers, whether of his own or of another nation. The quotation is taken from Psalms 112:9.

He hath given to the poor — This is the interpretation of he hath scattered abroad; and therefore it is said, his righteousness remaineth for ever-his good work is had in remembrance before God. By righteousness we have already seen that the Jews understand almsgiving. Matthew 6:1; Matthew 6:1.


 
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