Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

New American Standard Bible

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

King James Version

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Holman Bible

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

International Standard Version

If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat; and if he thirsts, give him water to drink.

A Conservative Version

If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

American Standard Version

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Amplified


If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Bible in Basic English

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

Darby Translation

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Julia Smith Translation

If thine enemy hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he thirst, give him water to drink:

King James 2000

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

Lexham Expanded Bible

If your enemy [is] hungry, feed him bread, and if thirsty, let him drink water.

Modern King James verseion

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink;

NET Bible

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

New Heart English Bible

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

Webster

If thy enemy shall hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he shall thirst, give him water to drink:

World English Bible

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

Youngs Literal Translation

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂנא 
Sane' 
Usage: 145

be hungry
רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 19

to eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

and if he be thirsty
צמא 
Tsame' 
Usage: 9

References

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

20 As splendour of dress on a cold day - vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart. 21 If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; 22 For, burning coals, shalt thou be heaping upon his head, - and, Yahweh, will repay thee.

Cross References

Exodus 23:4-5

When thou meetest the ox of thine enemy, or his ass, going astray, thou shalt, surely bring it back, to him.

Matthew 5:44

But, I, say unto you, Be loving your enemies, and praying for them who are persecuting you:

2 Kings 6:22

And he said - Thou shalt not smite. Them whom thou hadst taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow, wouldst, thou, have been smiting? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go their way unto their lord.

2 Chronicles 28:15

Then rose up the men who have been expressed by name - and took the captives, and, all who were naked among them, clothed they out of the spoil, and arrayed them and sandalled them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and conducted them with asses for every one that was exhausted, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm-trees, near unto their brethren, - and then returned to Samaria.

Proverbs 24:17

When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:

Luke 10:33-36

But, a certain Samaritan, going on his journey, came down to him, and, seeing him, was moved with compassion;

Romans 12:20-21

But - if thine enemy hunger, be feeding him, if he thirst, be giving him drink; for, this doing, coals of fire, shalt thou heap upon his head.

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