Proverbs 11:17
Context| NETBible | A kind person 1 benefits 2 himself, 3 but a cruel person brings himself trouble. 4 |
| XREF | Job 20:19-23; Ps 41:1-4; Ps 112:4-9; Pr 15:27; Ec 4:8; Isa 32:7,8; Isa 57:1; Isa 58:7-12; Da 4:27; Mt 5:7; Mt 6:14,15; Mt 25:34-40; Lu 6:38; 2Co 9:6-14; Php 4:17; Jas 2:13; Jas 5:1-5 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “man of kindness.” sn This contrasts the “kind person” and the “cruel person” (one who is fierce, cruel), showing the consequences of their dispositions. 2 tn The term גֹּמֶל (gomel) means “to deal fully [or “adequately”] with” someone or something. The kind person will benefit himself. 3 tn Heb “his own soul.” The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) is used as a synecdoche of part (= soul) for the whole (= person): “himself” (BDB 660 s.v. 4). 4 tn Heb “brings trouble to his flesh.” sn There may be a conscious effort by the sage to contrast “soul” and “body”: He contrasts the benefits of kindness for the “soul” (translated “himself”) with the trouble that comes to the “flesh/body” (translated “himself”) of the cruel. |
