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Proverbs 17:13

NETBible	As for the one who repays¹ evil for good, evil will not leave² his house.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 17:13	If a man pays back evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:13	He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 17:13	If you repay evil for good, evil will never leave your house.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 17:13	Those who return evil for good will meet their own evil returning.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 17:13	If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 17:13	Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 17:13	Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
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KJV	Whoso rewardeth <07725> (8688) evil <07451> for good <02896>_, evil <07451> shall not depart <04185> (8799) (8675) <04185> (8686) from his house <01004>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:13	He who returns <07725> evil <07463> for good <02899> , Evil <07463> will not depart <04185> from his house <01004> .
LXXM	ov <3739> R-NSM apodidwsin <591> V-PAI-3S kaka <2556> A-APN anti <473> PREP agaywn <18> A-GPM ou <3364> ADV kinhyhsetai <2795> V-FPI-3S kaka <2556> A-APN ek <1537> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM oikou <3624> N-GSM autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	As for the one who repays <07725> evil <07451> for <08478> good <02896> , evil <07451> will not <03808> leave <04185> his house <01004> .
HEBREW	wtybm <01004> her <07451> *swmt {symt} <04185> al <03808> hbwj <02896> txt <08478> her <07451> bysm (17:13) <07725>

NETBible

As for the one who repays¹ evil for good, evil will not leave² his house.³

NET Notes

¹tn The sentence begins with the participle מֵשִׁיב (meshiv, “the one who repays”). The whole first colon may be taken as an independent nominative absolute, with the formal sentence to follow. Some English versions have made the first colon a condition by supplying “if” (NAB, NIV, TEV, NLT).

²tn The verb מוּשׁ (mush) means “to depart; to remove.” The Kethib is a Hiphil, which would yield a meaning of “to take away”; so the Qere, which is the Qal, makes more sense in the line.

³sn The proverb does not explain whether God will turn evil back on him directly or whether people will begin to treat him as he treated others.