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Proverbs 11:24

NETBible	One person is generous¹ and yet grows more wealthy,² but another withholds more than he should³ and comes to poverty.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 11:24	One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 11:24	There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 11:24	It is possible to give freely and become more wealthy, but those who are stingy will lose everything.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 11:24	The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 11:24	A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 11:24	Some give freely, yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 11:24	There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty.
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KJV	There is <03426> that scattereth <06340> (8764)_, and yet increaseth <03254> (8737)_; and [there is] that withholdeth <02820> (8802) more than is meet <03476>_, but [it tendeth] to poverty <04270>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 11:24	There <03426> is one who scatters <06340> , and yet increases <03254> all <05750> the more <05750> , And there is one who withholds <02820> what <03476> is justly <03476> due <03476> , and yet it results only <0389> in want <04270> .
LXXM	eisin <1510> V-PAI-3P oi <3739> R-NPM ta <3588> T-APN idia <2398> A-APN speirontev <4687> V-PAPNP pleiona <4183> A-ASM poiousin <4160> V-PAI-3P eisin <1510> V-PAI-3P kai <2532> CONJ oi <3739> R-NPM sunagontev <4863> V-PAPNP elattonountai <1641> V-PMI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	One person is <03426> generous <06340> and yet grows more <03254> wealthy <05750> , but <0389> another withholds <02820> more than he should <03476> and comes to poverty <04270> .
HEBREW	rwoxml <04270> Ka <0389> rsym <03476> Kvwxw <02820> dwe <05750> Pownw <03254> rzpm <06340> sy (11:24) <03426>

NETBible

One person is generous¹ and yet grows more wealthy,² but another withholds more than he should³ and comes to poverty.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “There is one who scatters.” The participle מְפַזֵּר (mÿfazzer, “one who scatters”) refers to charity rather than farming or investments (and is thus a hypocatastasis). Cf. CEV “become rich by being generous”).

²tn Heb “increases.” The verb means that he grows even more wealthy. This is a paradox: Generosity determines prosperity in God’s economy.

³tn Heb “more than what is right.” This one is not giving enough, but saving for himself.

⁴tn Heb “comes to lack.” The person who withholds will come to the diminishing of his wealth. The verse uses hyperbole to teach that giving to charity does not make anyone poor, and neither does refusal to give ensure prosperity.