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Contemporary English Version

Proverbs 22:9

The Lord blesses everyone who freely gives food to the poor.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beneficence;   Liberality;   Poor;   Thompson Chain Reference - Benevolence;   God's;   Liberality;   Liberality-Parsimony;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Abundance/bounty;   Blessings;   Charity;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blessed, the;   Liberality;   Poor, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eye;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Eye;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Eye;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Quotations;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bountifulness;   Eye;   Poor;   Wisdom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bread;   Eye;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 30;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A generous person will be blessed,for he shares his food with the poor.
Hebrew Names Version
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; For he shares his food with the poor.
King James Version
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
English Standard Version
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
New American Standard Bible
One who is generous will be blessed, Because he gives some of his food to the poor.
New Century Version
Generous people will be blessed, because they share their food with the poor.
Amplified Bible
He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor.
World English Bible
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; For he shares his food with the poor.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.
Legacy Standard Bible
He who is generous will be blessed,For he gives from his food to the poor.
Berean Standard Bible
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
Complete Jewish Bible
He who is generous is blessed, because he shares his food with the poor.
Darby Translation
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Easy-to-Read Version
Generous people will be blessed, because they share their food with the poor.
George Lamsa Translation
He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Good News Translation
Be generous and share your food with the poor. You will be blessed for it.
Lexham English Bible
He who is generous will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his own bread.
Literal Translation
He who has a good eye, he is blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bred vnto ye poore.
American Standard Version
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Bible in Basic English
He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
King James Version (1611)
Hee that hath a bountifull eye, shall bee blessed: for hee giueth of his bread to the poore.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. He that gives liberally secures victory an honour; but he takes away the life of them that posses them.
English Revised Version
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that is redi to merci, schal be blessid; for of his looues he yaf to a pore man. He that yyueth yiftis, schal gete victorie and onour; forsothe he takith awei the soule of the takeris.
Update Bible Version
He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he gives of his bread to the poor.
Webster's Bible Translation
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
New English Translation
A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.
New King James Version
He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.
New Living Translation
Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.
New Life Bible
He who gives much will be honored, for he gives some of his food to the poor.
New Revised Standard
Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed, - because he hath given of his bread to the poor.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents, shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
Revised Standard Version
He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Young's Literal Translation
The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
THE MESSAGE
Generous hands are blessed hands because they give bread to the poor.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor.

Contextual Overview

9 The Lord blesses everyone who freely gives food to the poor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

He that hath a bountiful eye: Heb. Good of eye, Proverbs 11:25, Proverbs 19:17, Proverbs 21:13, Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Deuteronomy 28:56, Job 31:16-20, Psalms 41:1-3, Psalms 112:9, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Isaiah 32:8, Isaiah 58:7-12, Matthew 20:15, Matthew 25:34-40, Mark 7:22, Luke 6:35-38, Acts 20:35, 2 Corinthians 8:1, 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 9:6-11, 1 Timothy 6:18, 1 Timothy 6:19, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 13:16, 1 Peter 4:9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:10 - because Proverbs 3:10 - General Proverbs 23:6 - an Proverbs 28:27 - that giveth Proverbs 31:20 - she reacheth Ezekiel 18:16 - but hath Matthew 25:35 - I was an Luke 6:30 - Give Luke 6:38 - and it Romans 12:8 - giveth 2 Corinthians 9:7 - God

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar where he could offer sacrifices to the Lord . Then he offered on the altar one of each kind of animal and bird that could be used for a sacrifice.
Genesis 12:7
but the Lord appeared to Abram and promised, "I will give this land to your family forever." Abram then built an altar there for the Lord .
Genesis 22:1
Some years later God decided to test Abraham, so he spoke to him. Abraham answered, "Here I am, Lord ."
Genesis 22:2
The Lord said, "Go get Isaac, your only son, the one you dearly love! Take him to the land of Moriah, and I will show you a mountain where you must sacrifice him to me on the fires of an altar."
Genesis 22:4
Three days later Abraham looked off in the distance and saw the place.
Genesis 22:7
Isaac said, "Father, we have the coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?" "My son," Abraham answered, "God will provide the lamb." The two of them walked on, and
Genesis 22:10
He then took the knife and got ready to kill his son.
Genesis 22:17
"I will bless you and give you such a large family, that someday your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the beach. They will defeat their enemies and take over the cities where their enemies live.
Genesis 22:18
You have obeyed me, and so you and your descendants will be a blessing to all nations on earth."
Genesis 22:19
Abraham and Isaac went back to the servants who had come with him, and they returned to Abraham's home in Beersheba.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed,.... Or "a good eye" y; who looks about him for proper objects to do good unto; looks pleasantly on them, and deals out cheerfully and bountifully to them; he shall be blessed with an increase of temporal good things, with spiritual blessings, and with eternal glory and happiness; when he does what he does from principles of grace, with a view to the glory of God, not depending on what he does, but upon the grace of God, and the righteousness of Christ;

for he giveth of his bread to the poor; what is his own and a part of it; not all, for he reserves some as he ought for himself and his; but he does not eat his morsel alone, he gives of it to the necessitous; his beneficent hand is a proof of his bountiful eye and liberal heart.

y טוב עין "bonus oculus", Montanus, Vatablus, Cocceius; "bonus oculo", Junilus & Tremellius, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that hath a bountiful eye - literally, as in the margin, contrasted with the “evil eye” of Proverbs 28:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 22:9. A bountiful eye — One that disposes him to help all that he sees to be in want; the bountiful eye means the bountiful heart; for the heart looks through the eye. The merciful heart, even when the hand has little or nothing to give, shall be blessed of the Lord.


 
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