“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:”
King James Version (KJV)
3:6 That walketh disorderly - Particularly by not working. Not according to the tradition he received of us - The admonition we gave, both by word of mouth, and in our former epistle.
3:10 Neither let him eat - Do not maintain him in idleness.
Neither did wee eate any mans bread for nought: but wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, that wee might not bee chargeable to any of you.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
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;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
- Basic English Bible
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:
- Darby Bible
Neither did we eat any man's bread for naught; but wrought with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
- Webster's Bible
nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it, but we laboured and toiled, working hard night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.
- Weymouth Bible
neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
- World English Bible
nethir with outen oure owne trauel we eeten breed of ony man, but in trauel and werynesse worchiden niyt and dai, that we greuyden noon of you.
- Wycliffe Bible
nor 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;
- Youngs Literal Bible