Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back ¹  according to what he has done.” ² 

Jud 15:11; 2Sa 13:22-28; Pr 20:22; Pr 25:21,22; Mt 5:39-44; Ro 12:17-21; 1Th 5:15

¹ tn Heb “repay to the man.” The verb is שׁוּב (shuv), which in the Hiphil stem means “to restore; to repay; to return” (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT “I’ll get even”). The idea is that of repaying someone for what he did.

² sn Rather than give in to the spirit of vengeance, one should avoid retaliation (e.g., Prov 20:22; Matt 5:43-45; Rom 12:9). According to the Talmud, Hillel said, “Do not do to others what you would not have them do unto you” (b. Sanhedrin 31a).