Luke 16:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
"'Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.'

New Living Translation
The man replied, ‘I owe him 800 gallons of olive oil.’ So the manager told him, ‘Take the bill and quickly change it to 400 gallons.’

English Standard Version
He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Berean Study Bible
‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

New American Standard Bible
And he said, ‘A hundred jugs of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

NASB 1995
"And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

NASB 1977
“And he said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Amplified Bible
He said, ‘A hundred measures of [olive] oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Christian Standard Bible
“ ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said. “ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"A hundred measures of olive oil,' he said. "'Take your invoice,' he told him, sit down quickly, and write 50.'

Contemporary English Version
"A hundred barrels of olive oil," the man answered. So the manager said, "Take your bill and sit down and quickly write '50.'"

Good News Translation
'One hundred barrels of olive oil,' he answered. 'Here is your account,' the manager told him; 'sit down and write fifty.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The debtor replied, 'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.' "The manager told him, 'Take my master's ledger. Quick! Sit down, and write "four hundred!"'

International Standard Version
The man replied, 'A hundred jars of olive oil.' The manager told him, 'Get your bill. Sit down quickly and write "50."'

NET Bible
The man replied, 'A hundred measures of olive oil.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.'
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

New King James Version
And he said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

King James 2000 Bible
And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

New Heart English Bible
He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

World English Bible
He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

American King James Version
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

American Standard Version
And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.

A Faithful Version
And he said, 'A hundred baths of oil. ' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down immediately and write fifty. '

Darby Bible Translation
And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.

English Revised Version
And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he said, An hudreth measures of oyle; he saide to him, Take thy writing, and sitte downe quickely, and write fiftie.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he sayde, an hundreth measures of oyle. And he sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and syt downe quickely, and write fiftie.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He sayde: an hundreth tonnes of oyle. And he sayde: Take yi byll, syt downe quyckly, & wryte fiftie.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he sayd: an hondred tonnes of oyle. And he sayd to him: take thy bill and syt doune quickly and wryte fiftie.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he said, One hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take your bill, and having sat down write fifty.

Berean Literal Bible
And he said, 'A hundred baths of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and having sat down quickly, write fifty.'

Young's Literal Translation
and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said, An hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thou thy book, and having quickly sat down, write fifty.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And he said, A hundred baths of oil.� And he said to him, Take your bill and having sat down quickly write fifty.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Catholic Public Domain Version
So he said, ‘One hundred jars of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.’

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And he said to him, 'A hundred baths of oil', and he said to him, 'Take your book, sit quickly and write fifty baths.' “

Lamsa Bible
He said to him, A hundred pounds of butter. He said to him, Take your note, sit down quickly, and write fifty pounds.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
He replied, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take back your note, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Godbey New Testament
And he said; A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your accounts, and sitting down quickly write fifty.

Haweis New Testament
And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said, Take thy account, and sit down directly, and write fifty.

Mace New Testament
a hundred measures of oil, said he, take your bill, said the steward, sit down there, and write out one immediately for fifty.

Weymouth New Testament
"'A hundred firkins of oil,' he replied. "'Here is your account,' said the steward: 'sit down quickly and change it into fifty firkins.'

Worrell New Testament
And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your accounts, and, sitting down, quickly write, Fifty.'

Worsley New Testament
And he said to him, Take thy bill, and sit down and write but fifty.
















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