Parallel Verses
Webster
A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
New American Standard Bible
He will
King James Version
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Holman Bible
and conducts his business fairly.
International Standard Version
It is good for the person who lends generously, conducting his affairs with fairness.
A Conservative Version
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,
American Standard Version
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
Amplified
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He conducts his affairs with justice.
Bible in Basic English
All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
Darby Translation
It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.
Julia Smith Translation
A good man, being merciful and lending: he will hold up his words in judgment;
King James 2000
A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It goes] well [for] a man [who] is gracious and lends, [who] conducts his {business properly}.
Modern King James verseion
A good man shows favor, and lends; he will guide his business with fairness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A good man is merciful, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his words with discretion.
NET Bible
It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.
New Heart English Bible
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
The Emphasized Bible
Well for a man showing favour and lending! He shall sustain his affairs with justice.
World English Bible
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
Youngs Literal Translation
Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
Themes
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
Credit system » Lending encouraged
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 112:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Path Of The Righteous And The Path Of The Wicked
4 To the upright there ariseth light in darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 5 A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
If there shall be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD the God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother:
Job 31:16-20
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Psalm 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.
Psalm 37:25-26
I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Proverbs 2:20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.
Proverbs 17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 18:9
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Luke 6:35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
Luke 23:50
And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor: and he was a good man, and a just:
John 6:12
When they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain, that nothing may be lost.
Acts 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith: and many people were added to the Lord.
Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet perhaps for a good man some would even dare to die.
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Ephesians 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time.