Proverbs 10:22

The blessing ¹  from the Lord ²  makes a person rich, ³  and he adds no sorrow ⁴  to ⁵  it.

Ge 12:2; Ge 13:2; Ge 14:23; Ge 24:35; Ge 26:12; De 8:17,18; Jos 6:18; Jos 7:1-26; 1Sa 2:7,8; 1Ki 21:19; 2Ki 5:26,27; Job 27:8-23; Ps 37:22; Ps 107:38; Ps 113:7,8; Pr 20:21; Pr 28:22; Hab 2:6-12; Zec 5:4; Jas 5:1-5

¹ tn The term בְּרָכָּה (bÿrakhah, “blessing”) refers to a gift, enrichment or endowment from the Lord.

² tn Heb “of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) functions here as a genitive of source.

³ tn Heb “makes rich” (so NASB); NAB “brings wealth.” The direct object “a person” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the Hiphil verb; it is supplied in the translation.

⁴ tn Heb “toil.” The noun עֶצֶב (’etsev) has a basic two-fold range of meanings: (1) “toil; labor” which produces pain and sorrow, and (2) “pain; sorrow” which is the result of toil and labor (BDB 780 s.v.). This is the word used of the curse of “toil” in man’s labor (Gen 3:17) and the “pain” in the woman’s child-bearing (Gen 3:16). God’s blessing is pure and untarnished – it does not bring physical pain or emotional sorrow.

⁵ tn Heb “with.”