Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Well for a man showing favour and lending! He shall sustain his affairs with justice.
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.
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 Risen - in darkness, is light to the upright, The gracious and compassionate and righteous. 5 Well for a man showing favour and lending! He shall sustain his affairs with justice. 6 Surely, unto times age-abiding, shall he not be shaken, In remembrance, age-abiding, shall the righteous one remain;
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates, in thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
Job 31:16-20
If I withheld - from pleasure - the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Psalm 37:21
A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But, a righteous man, showeth favour and giveth;
Psalm 37:25-26
Young, have I been, moreover am old, - Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:
Proverbs 2:20
To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man, obtaineth favour from Yahweh, but, a man of wicked devices, will he condemn.
Proverbs 17:18
A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.
Proverbs 18:9
Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;
Proverbs 27:23-27
Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for, nothing, back; and your reward shall be, great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High, - for, he, is, gracious, unto the ungrateful and wicked.
Luke 23:50
And lo! a man, by name Joseph, being, a councillor, - a good and righteous man
John 6:12
And, when they were well-filled, he saith unto his disciples - Gather up the broken pieces left over, that nothing be lost.
Acts 11:24
Because he was a good man, and full of Holy Spirit and faith; and a considerable multitude were added unto the Lord.
Romans 5:7
For, scarcely in behalf of a righteous man, will one die, - in behalf of the good man indeed, peradventure one even dareth to die;
Romans 12:11
In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,
Ephesians 5:15
Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking, - not as unwise, but as wise, -
Philippians 1:9
And, this, I pray - that, your love, may be, yet more and more, pre-eminent in personal knowledge and all perception,
Colossians 4:5
In wisdom, be walking towards them who are without, - the opportunity, buying out for yourselves,