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Proverbs 15:27

NETBible	The one who is greedy for gain¹ troubles² his household,³ but whoever hates bribes⁴ will live.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 15:27	A greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 15:27	He who profits illicitly troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 15:27	Dishonest money brings grief to the whole family, but those who hate bribes will live.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 15:27	A greedy and grasping person destroys community; those who refuse to exploit live and let live.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 15:27	He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 15:27	Those who are greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households, but those who hate bribes will live.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 15:27	He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.
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KJV	He that is greedy <01214> (8802) of gain <01215> troubleth <05916> (8802) his own house <01004>_; but he that hateth <08130> (8802) gifts <04979> shall live <02421> (8799)_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 15:27	He who profits <01214> illicitly <01215> troubles <05916> his own house <01004> , But he who hates <08130> bribes <04979> will live <02421> .
LXXM	exollusin {V-PAI-3S} eauton <1438> D-ASM o <3588> T-NSM dwrolhmpthv {N-NSM} o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT miswn <3404> V-PAPNS dwrwn <1435> N-GPN lhmqeiv {N-APF} swzetai <4982> V-PPI-3S (15:27a) elehmosunaiv <1654> N-DPF kai <2532> CONJ pistesin <4102> N-DPF apokayairontai {V-PMI-3P} amartiai <266> N-NPF tw <3588> T-DSM de <1161> PRT fobw <5401> N-DSM kuriou <2962> N-GSM ekklinei <1578> V-PAI-3S pav <3956> A-NSM apo <575> PREP kakou <2556> A-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	The one who is greedy <01214> for gain <01215> troubles <05916> his household <01004> , but whoever hates <08130> bribes <04979> will live <02421> .
HEBREW	hyxy <02421> tntm <04979> anwvw <08130> eub <01215> euwb <01214> wtyb <01004> rke (15:27) <05916>

NETBible

The one who is greedy for gain¹ troubles² his household,³ but whoever hates bribes⁴ will live.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the one who gains.” The phrase בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע (botseakh batsa’) is a participle followed by its cognate accusative. This refers to a person who is always making the big deal, getting the larger cut, or in a hurry to get rich. The verb, though, makes it clear that the gaining of a profit is by violence and usually unjust, since the root has the idea of “cut off; break off; gain by violence.” The line is contrasted with hating bribes, and so the gain in this line may be through bribery.

²sn The participle “troubles” (עֹכֵר, ’okher) can have the connotation of making things difficult for the family, or completely ruining the family (cf. NAB). In Josh 7:1 Achan took some of the “banned things” and was put to death: Because he “troubled Israel,” the Lord would “trouble” him (take his life, Josh 7:25).

³tn Heb “his house.”

⁴tn Heb “gifts” (so KJV). Gifts can be harmless enough, but in a setting like this the idea is that the “gift” is in exchange for some “profit [or, gain].” Therefore they are bribes (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT), and to be hated or rejected. Abram, for example, would not take anything that the king of Sodom had to offer, “lest [he] say, “I have made Abram rich” (Gen 14:22-24).