The Meaning of Deuteronomy 16:17 Explained

Deuteronomy 16:17

KJV: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

YLT: each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

Darby: each shall give according to that which is in his power to give, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

ASV: every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Every man  [shall give] as he is able,  according to the blessing  of the LORD  thy God  which he hath given  thee. 

What does Deuteronomy 16:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 16

1  The feast of the Passover
9  of weeks
13  of tabernacles
16  Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts
18  Of judges and justice
21  Asherah poles and images are forbidden

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 16:17 mean?

Every man [shall give] as he is able according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which He has given you -
אִ֖ישׁ כְּמַתְּנַ֣ת יָד֑וֹ כְּבִרְכַּ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־ לָֽךְ ס

אִ֖ישׁ  Every  man  [shall  give] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יָד֑וֹ  he  is  able 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
כְּבִרְכַּ֛ת  according  to  the  blessing 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.
יְהוָ֥ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
נָֽתַן־  He  has  given 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation