Proverbs 25:21 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If your enemy is hungry, give him some food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him some water to drink.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

ASV:

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

BBE:

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

DBY:

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

ERV:

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

JPS:

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

WBS:

If thy enemy shall hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he shall thirst, give him water to drink:

WEB:

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. 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.

Proverbs 25:21 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 23:4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.

Exodus 23:5 "If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.

2 Kings 6:22 He answered, "You shall not kill them. Would you kill those you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master."

2 Chronicles 28:15 Then the men who were designated by name arose, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.

Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Romans 12:20 "BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

25:21 Bread - By bread and water he understands all things necessary for his subsistence.

MHC:

25:19. Confidence in an unfaithful man is painful and vexatious; when we put any stress on him, he not only fails, but makes us feel for it. 20. We take a wrong course if we think to relieve those in sorrow by endeavouring to make them merry. 21,22. The precept to love even our enemies is an Old Testament commandment. Our Saviour has shown his own great example in loving us when we were enemies. 23. Slanders would not be so readily spoken, if they were not readily heard. Sin, if it receives any check, becomes cowardly. 24. It is better to be alone, than to be joined to one who is a hinderance to the comfort of life. 25. Heaven is a country afar off; how refreshing is good news from thence, in the everlasting gospel, which signifies glad tidings, and in the witness of the Spirit with our spirits that we are God's children! 26. When the righteous are led into sin, it is as hurtful as if the public fountains were poisoned. 27. We must be, through grace, dead to the pleasures of sense, and also to the praises of men. 28. The man who has no command over his anger, is easily robbed of peace. Let us give up ourselves to the Lord, and pray him to put his Spirit within us, and cause us to walk in his statutes.

CONC:

Bread Cause Drink Eat Enemy Hater Hating Hunger Hungry Thirst Thirsty

Bread Cause Drink Eat Enemy Food Hater Hating Hunger Hungry Need Thirst Thirsty Water

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