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2 Thessalonians 3:8

8nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;

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2 Thessalonians 3:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

And when we ate another person’s food, we always paid for it. We worked very hard night and day so we would not be an expense to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

we did not eat anyone’s food free of charge; instead, we labored and struggled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it; but with toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, we were working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. In fact, it was just the opposite. We worked night and day. We worked very hard so that we wouldn’t cause any expense to any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;


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