2Th 2 Thessalonians, chapter Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, chapter 3

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Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nothing, but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you. Act 20:34; 1Co 4:12; 1Th 2:9

2 Thessalonians 3:8 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) 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:
AFINT (Exp US) nor did we accept food from anyone without payment, but with exhausting labor we worked day and night, so that we would not place a burden on any of you.
AFINT (Exp UK) nor did we accept food from anyone without payment, but with exhausting labour we worked day and night, so that we would not place a burden on any of you.
AFINT (Lit US) nor did we eat bread from anyone freely, but with labor and toil, working night and day so as not to burden any of you.
AFINT (Lit UK) nor did we eat bread from anyone freely, but with labour and toil, working night and day so as not to burden any of you.
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:
BSB nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
EMTV nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but in labor and hardship, working night and day, so as not to be a burden to any of you,
FBV —we didn't eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead we worked hard day and night so we wouldn't be a burden to any of you.
GNV Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.
LSV nor did we eat bread of anyone for nothing, but in labor and in travail, working night and day, not to be chargeable to any of yöu;
NIV (US) 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.
NIV (UK) nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, labouring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
NMV Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nothing; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
OJB Nor did we eat lechem (food) from anyone gratis, but in labor and exertion lailah v'yomam (night and day) we were working for the tachlis (purpose) of not weighing down and burdening any one of you;
RV neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labour and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
TCENT nor did we eat bread from anyone free of charge. On the contrary, with labor and hardship we worked day and night so as not to be a burden to any of you.
T4T Specifically, we did not eat anyone’s food if we did not pay that person for it. Instead, we worked very hard ◄to support ourselves/to earn the money to buy what we needed►. We worked hard [DOU] during the day and during the night, in order that we would not have to depend on any of you to supply what we needed.
WEB (US) 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.
WEB (UK) neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labour and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) ни у кого не ели хлеба даром, но занимались трудом и работою ночь и день, чтобы не обременить кого из вас, —
РСП (юбил.) ни у кого не ели хлеба даром, но занимались трудом и работой ночь и день, чтобы не обременить кого из вас, —
НРП и ни у кого не ели хлеба даром, наоборот, мы трудились до изнурения и днем и ночью, чтобы никого из вас не обременять.
Заокская (Кулаков) и даром хлеба ни у кого не ели. Мы трудились не покладая рук, работали днем и ночью: мы боялись обременить вас.
ВП и не жили ни на чьём иждивении, наоборот, мы трудились до изнурения и днём и ночью, чтобы никого из вас не обременять.
СП (БЛ) Мы всегда платили за свой хлеб и работали не покладая рук днём и ночью, чтобы не обременить вас.
Десн. ни у кого не ели мы дармового хлеба, днем и ночью трудились тяжело и усердно, лишь бы не быть кому-то из вас в тягость.
Кассиан ни хлеба даром не ели ни у кого, но в труде и изнурении ночью и днем работали, чтобы не обременить кого из вас,