Proverbs 22:9
New International Version
The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

New Living Translation
Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.

English Standard Version
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Berean Standard Bible
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

King James Bible
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

New King James Version
He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.

New American Standard Bible
One who is generous will be blessed, Because he gives some of his food to the poor.

NASB 1995
He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor.

NASB 1977
He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor.

Legacy Standard Bible
He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives from his food to the poor.

Amplified Bible
He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor.

Christian Standard Bible
A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

American Standard Version
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Whose ever eye is good will be blessed, because he gives of his bread to the poor.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. He that gives liberally secures victory an honour; but he takes away the life of them that posses them.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD blesses everyone who freely gives food to the poor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.

English Revised Version
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever is generous will be blessed because he has shared his food with the poor.

Good News Translation
Be generous and share your food with the poor. You will be blessed for it.

International Standard Version
Whoever is generous will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Literal Standard Version
The good of eye—he is blessed, | For he has given of his bread to the poor.

Majority Standard Bible
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

New American Bible
The generous will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

NET Bible
A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.

New Revised Standard Version
Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.

New Heart English Bible
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

World English Bible
He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Young's Literal Translation
The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
A Good Name
8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. 9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. 10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.…

Cross References
Luke 14:13
But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Deuteronomy 15:10
Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.

Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Proverbs 31:20
She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.


Treasury of Scripture

He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.

he that hath a bountiful eye

Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

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Verse 9. - He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed. The "good of eye" is the kindly looking, the benevolent man, in contrast to him of the evil eye, the envious, the unfriendly and stingy man (Proverbs 23:6; Proverbs 28:22). St. Jerome renders, Qui pronus est ad misericordiam. Such a one is blessed by God in this world and the next, in time and in eternity, according to the sentiment of Proverbs 11:25. Thus in the temporal sense (Ecclus. 34 (31):23). "Him that is liberal in food lips shall bless, and the testimony of his liberality will be believed." Septuagint, "He that hath pity upon the poor shall himself be continually sustained (διατραφήσεται)." The reason is added, For he giveth of his brans to the poor. The blessing is the consequence of his charity and liberality. 2 Corinthians 9:6, "He that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully (ἐπ αὐλογίαις)." The Vulgate and Septuagint add a distich not in the Hebrew, Victoriam et honorem acquiret qui dat munera; animam autem aufert accipientium; Νίκην καὶ τιμὴν περι ποιεῖται ὁ δῶρα δοὺς τὴν μέντοι ψυχὴν ἀφαι ρεῖται τῶν κεκτημένωνω, "Victory and honour he obtaineth who giveth gifts; but he takes away the life of the possessors." The first hemistich appears to be a variant of Proverbs 19:6b, the second to be derived from Proverbs 1:19b. The second portion of the Latin addition may mean that the liberal man wins and carries away with him the souls of the recipients of his bounty. But this, though Ewald would fain have it so, cannot be the signification of the corresponding Greek, which seems to mean that the man who is so liberal in distributing gifts obtains the power to do so by oppressing and wronging others.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A generous [man]
טֽוֹב־ (ṭō·wḇ-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

will be blessed,
יְבֹרָ֑ךְ (yə·ḇō·rāḵ)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he shares
נָתַ֖ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

his food
מִלַּחְמ֣וֹ (mil·laḥ·mōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

with the poor.
לַדָּֽל׃ (lad·dāl)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin


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