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Proverbs 11:25

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11:25A generous person84 will be enriched,85

and the one who provides water86 for others87 will himself be satisfied.88

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Proverbs 11:25: Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Footnotes

  1. 84 Heb “the soul of blessing.” The genitive functions attributively. “Blessing” refers to a gift (Gen 33:11) or a special favor (Josh 15:19). The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) functions as a synecdoche of part (= soul) for the whole (= person); see 660 4.
  2. 85 Heb “will grow fat.” Drawing on the standard comparison of fatness and abundance (Deut 32:15), the term means “become rich, prosperous.”
  3. 86 The verb מַרְוֶה (marveh, “to be saturated; to drink one’s fill”) draws a comparison between providing water for others with providing for those in need (e.g., Jer 31:25; Lam 3:15). The kind act will be reciprocated.
  4. 87 The phrase “for others” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the causative Hiphil verb which normally takes a direct object; it is elided in the Hebrew for the sake of emphasis. It is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.
  5. 88 This verb also means “to pour water,” and so continues the theme of the preceding participle: The one who gives refreshment to others will be refreshed. 924 רָוָה lists the form יוֹרֶא (yore’) as a Hophal imperfect of רָוָה (ravah, the only occurrence) and translates it “will himself also be watered” (cf. , , ). But the verb looks very much like a Hiphil of the root יָרָא (yara’, “to shoot; to pour”). So the editors of suggest יוּאָר (yu’ar).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,

and one who waters will himself be watered.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A generous person will prosper;

whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A generous person will be enriched,

and the one who gives a drink of water

will receive water.

NLTNew Living Translation

The generous will prosper;

those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A person of blessing will be enriched,

and he who gives water also will be refreshed.

KJV 1900King James Version

The liberal soul shall be made fat:

And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.