He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
WEB
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
YLT
Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.
DBT
He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
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.