11:17 A kind person 1 benefits 2 himself, 3
but a cruel person brings himself trouble. 4
1 tn Heb “man of kindness.”
2 tn The term גֹּמֶל (gomel) means “to deal fully [or “adequately”] with” someone or something. The kind person will benefit himself.
3 tn Heb “his own soul.” The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) is used as a synecdoche of part (= soul) for the whole (= person): “himself” (BDB 660 s.v. 4).
4 tn Heb “brings trouble to his flesh.”