Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
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.
Webster
A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
World English Bible
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause 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 Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous. 5 Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment. 6 For -- to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
Job 31:16-20
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
Psalm 37:21
The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
Psalm 37:25-26
Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.
Proverbs 2:20
That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
Proverbs 12:2
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
Proverbs 17:18
A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
Proverbs 18:9
He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Luke 6:35
'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
Luke 23:50
And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,
John 6:12
And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, 'Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'
Acts 11:24
because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.
Romans 5:7
for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;
Romans 12:11
in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
Ephesians 5:15
See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
Philippians 1:9
and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,
Colossians 4:5
in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;