Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.

New American Standard Bible

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.

King James Version

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Holman Bible

Good will come to a man who lends generously
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,

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

and lendeth
לוה 
Lavah 
Usage: 26

he will guide
כּוּל 
Kuwl 
Usage: 38

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

References

Watsons

Context Readings

The Path Of The Righteous And The Path Of The Wicked

4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. 5 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment. 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:7-10

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy 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 dealeth graciously, and giveth.

Psalm 37:25-26

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I 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 shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Proverbs 17:18

A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh 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 them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work without, 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 them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Luke 23:50

And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man

John 6:12

And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.

Acts 11:24

for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

Romans 5:7

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.

Romans 12:11

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Ephesians 5:15

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

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