Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause 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.
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.
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 arises light in the darkness. [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous. 5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment, 6 for he shall never be moved. A righteous man shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall 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 man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.
Psalm 37:25-26
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Proverbs 2:20
that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man shall obtain favor of LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
Proverbs 17:18
A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Proverbs 18:9
He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the sluggard, 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 your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.
Luke 23:50
And behold a man named Joseph, a council member, being a good and righteous man
John 6:12
And when they were filled, he says to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, so that not anything may be lost.
Acts 11:24
Because he was a good man, and full of Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable multitude was added to the Lord.
Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous man will some man die, indeed perhaps for the good man some man would even dare to die.
Romans 12:11
not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
Ephesians 5:15
Therefore watch carefully how ye walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time,