Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. New Living Translation If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. English Standard Version If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, Berean Standard Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. King James Bible If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: New King James Version If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; New American Standard Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; NASB 1995 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; NASB 1977 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; Legacy Standard Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; Amplified Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; Christian Standard Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, Holman Christian Standard Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; American Standard Version If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: Aramaic Bible in Plain English If your enemy hungers, feed him, and if he thirsts, give him drink. Brenton Septuagint Translation If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; Contemporary English Version If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. Douay-Rheims Bible If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink: English Revised Version If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: GOD'S WORD® Translation If your enemy is hungry, give him some food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him some water to drink. Good News Translation If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink. International Standard Version If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat; and if he thirsts, give him water to drink. JPS Tanakh 1917 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; Literal Standard Version If he who is hating you hungers, cause him to eat bread, | And if he thirsts, cause him to drink water. Majority Standard Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. New American Bible If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat, if thirsty, give something to drink; NET Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, New Revised Standard Version If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat; and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink; New Heart English Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink, Webster's Bible Translation If thy enemy shall hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he shall thirst, give him water to drink: World English Bible If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink; Young's Literal Translation If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More Proverbs of Solomon…20Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. 21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.… Cross References Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Romans 12:20 On the contrary, "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head." Exodus 23:4 If you encounter your enemy's stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him. Exodus 23:5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it. 2 Kings 6:22 "Do not kill them," he replied. "Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master." 2 Chronicles 28:15 Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria. Proverbs 25:20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Treasury of Scripture If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: Proverbs 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Exodus 23:4,5 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again… Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Jump to Previous Bread Cause Drink Eat Enemy Food Hater Hating Hunger Hungry Need Thirst Thirsty WaterJump to Next Bread Cause Drink Eat Enemy Food Hater Hating Hunger Hungry Need Thirst Thirsty WaterProverbs 25 1. observations about kings8. and about avoiding causes of quarrels Verses 21, 22. - This famous tetrastrich is reproduced (with the exception of the fourth line) from the Septuagint by St. Paul (Romans 12:20). Verse 21. - The traditional hatred of enemies is here strongly repudiated (see Proverbs 24:17, 18, and notes there). Thus Elisha treated the Syrians, introduced blindly into the midst of Samaria, ordering the King of Israel to set bread and water before them, and to send them away unharmed (2 Kings 6:22). "Punish your enemy by benefiting him," say the Arabs, though they are far from practising the injunction; "Sweet words break the bones;" "Bread and salt humble even a robber," say the Russians. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not your enemy שֹׂ֭נַאֲךָ (na·’ă·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8130: To hate is hungry, רָעֵ֣ב (rā·‘êḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7456: To be hungry give him food לָ֑חֶם (lā·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain to eat, הַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּ (ha·’ă·ḵi·lê·hū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat and if וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he is thirsty, צָ֝מֵ֗א (ṣā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6771: Thirsty give him water מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen to drink. הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ (haš·qê·hū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to Links Proverbs 25:21 NIVProverbs 25:21 NLT Proverbs 25:21 ESV Proverbs 25:21 NASB Proverbs 25:21 KJV Proverbs 25:21 BibleApps.com Proverbs 25:21 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:21 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:21 French Bible Proverbs 25:21 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 25:21 If your enemy is hungry give him (Prov. 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