¹ tn Or “reward.”

² tn Heb “a good reward.”

³ tn Or perhaps “for a reward.”

² tn Traditionally, “with the reward of his wickedness.”

¹ tn Heb “end” (so KJV); ASV “a reward.”

¹ tn Heb “God has given my reward.”

⁴ tn Heb “he” or “that one” [will be rewarded].

¹ tn Heb “blessed.” However, see v. 8, where rewards are given.

³ tn Heb “But my justice is with the Lord, and my reward [or “wage”] with my God.”

² tn Heb “in the keeping of them [there is] a great reward.”

¹ tn The Hebrew term עֵקֶב (ʿeqev, “reward”) is related to the term meaning “heel”; it refers to the consequences or the reward that follows (akin to the English expression “on the heels of”).

⁴ sn The promise of reward does not necessarily mean that the person who gives to the poor will get money back; the rewards in the book of Proverbs involve life and prosperity in general.

⁷ sn A wordplay (paronomasia) occurs between “deceptive” (שָׁקֶר, shaqer) and “reward” (שֶׂכֶר, sekher), underscoring the contrast by the repetition of sounds. The wages of the wicked are deceptive; the reward of the righteous is sure.

² tn The genitive τῆς κληρονομίας (tēs klēronomias) is a genitive of apposition: The reward consists of the inheritance.

¹ tn Or “a reward”; see L&N 38.14 and 57.173. This is something of a wordplay.

² sn The servant is compared here to a warrior who will be richly rewarded for his effort and success in battle.

¹ sn The generous individual will be rewarded. He will not lack nor miss what he has given away to the poor.

³ sn The name Issachar (יִשָּׁשכָר, yissakhar) appears to mean “man of reward” or possibly “there is reward.” The name plays on the word used in the statement made earlier in the verse. The Hebrew noun translated “reward” is derived from the same root as the name Issachar. The irony is that Rachel thought the mandrakes would work for her, and she was willing to trade one night for them. But in that one night Leah became pregnant.

¹ sn The pronoun “this” (τοῦτο, touto) stands first in its clause for emphasis, and stresses the fact that God will reward those, who in seeking him, do good.

¹ sn Everyone who has will be given more. Again, faithfulness yields great reward (see Luke 8:18; also Matt 13:12; Mark 4:25).