The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
WEB
A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
YLT
A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.
DBT
The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.