Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice. New Living Translation Good comes to those who lend money generously and conduct their business fairly. English Standard Version It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice. Berean Standard Bible It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice. King James Bible A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. New King James Version A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion. New American Standard Bible It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. NASB 1995 It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. NASB 1977 It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. Legacy Standard Bible It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; Who sustains his works with justice. Amplified Bible It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He conducts his affairs with justice. Christian Standard Bible Good will come to the one who lends generously and conducts his business fairly. Holman Christian Standard Bible Good will come to a man who lends generously and conducts his business fairly. American Standard Version Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Blessed is the man who shows mercy and lends and he proclaims his words in judgment Brenton Septuagint Translation The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment. Contemporary English Version Life will go well for those who freely lend and are honest in business. Douay-Rheims Bible Acceptable is the man that showeth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment: English Revised Version Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; he shall maintain his cause in judgment. GOD'S WORD® Translation All goes well for the person who is generous and lends willingly. He earns an honest living. Good News Translation Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly. International Standard Version It is good for the person who lends generously, conducting his affairs with fairness. JPS Tanakh 1917 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth, That ordereth his affairs rightfully. Literal Standard Version The man—good, gracious, and lending, | He sustains his matters in judgment. Majority Standard Bible It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice. New American Bible It is good for the man gracious in lending, who conducts his affairs with justice. NET Bible It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly. New Revised Standard Version It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice. New Heart English Bible It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's Literal Translation Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Blessed is the Man who Fears the LORD…4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. 5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice. 6Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.… Cross References Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving. Proverbs 21:26 All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint. Treasury of Scripture A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion. good 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 obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. Luke 23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just: sheweth 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… Deuteronomy 15:7-10 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine 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; … he will Proverbs 17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Proverbs 18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Proverbs 22:26,27 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts… discretion. Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; Jump to Previous Affairs Cause Conducts Dealeth Deals Discretion Favor Favour Freely Generous Generously Gives Good Gracious Graciously Guide Judged Judgment Justice Kind Lends Maintain Matters Ordereth Others Rightfully Sheweth Showeth Sustain SustainethJump to Next Affairs Cause Conducts Dealeth Deals Discretion Favor Favour Freely Generous Generously Gives Good Gracious Graciously Guide Judged Judgment Justice Kind Lends Maintain Matters Ordereth Others Rightfully Sheweth Showeth Sustain SustainethPsalm 112 1. Godliness has the promises of this life4. And of the life to come 10. The prosperity of the godly shall be an eyesore to the wicked (5) A good man.--Rather, happy is the man who gives and lends, good being here not used in a moral sense, but meaning prosperous. He will guide . . .--Rather, he will gain his cause: in (the) judgment. So apparently the LXX. and Vulg. Others, "he will sustain his affairs by justice." The verb primarily means "to measure," but in the conjugation here used has the sense of "sustains." (See Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:12; Genesis 1:21, where the Authorised Version has "nourish.") The meaning is confirmed by the parallelism of the next verse. Verse 5. - A good man showeth favor, and lendeth; rather, well is it with the man that showeth, etc. The verse is exegetical of the latter clause of ver. 4, and shows how the righteous man's compassion works. It makes him "show favor," or "kindness," to men generally, and "lend" to those who are in necessity (comp. Psalm 37:26; and for the duty of lending to the needy, see Deuteronomy 15:8, 11). He will guide his affairs with discretion; rather, perhaps, with equity. Scarcely, as Professor Cheyne suggests, "in courts of justice."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew It is wellטֽוֹב־ (ṭō·wḇ-) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good with the man אִ֭ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who is generous חוֹנֵ֣ן (ḥō·w·nên) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore and lends freely, וּמַלְוֶ֑ה (ū·mal·weh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3867: To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend whose affairs דְּבָרָ֣יו (də·ḇā·rāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause are guided יְכַלְכֵּ֖ל (yə·ḵal·kêl) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain by justice. בְּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (bə·miš·pāṭ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style Links Psalm 112:5 NIVPsalm 112:5 NLT Psalm 112:5 ESV Psalm 112:5 NASB Psalm 112:5 KJV Psalm 112:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 112:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 112:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 112:5 French Bible Psalm 112:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 112:5 It is well with the man who (Psalm Ps Psa.) |