If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
WEB
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
YLT
If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.
DBT
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.