Proverbs 11:17

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.

Darby Translation ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but the cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel casteth off even his own kindred.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Hee that is mercifull, rewardeth his owne soule: but he that troubleth his own flesh, is cruel.

Noyes Bible ☆

He that doeth good to himself is a man of kindness; But he that tormenteth his own flesh is cruel.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

The man of kindness doth good to his own soul; but he that troubleth his own flesh is cruel.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

King James Version ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

Webster Bible ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Revised Version ☆

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A merciful man does good to his own soul: But the merciless destroys his own body.

World English Bible ☆

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

The ish chesed (merciful man) doeth good to his own nefesh, but he that is cruel harmeth his own self.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلرَّجُلُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ يُحْسِنُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَٱلْقَاسِي يُكَدِّرُ لَحْمَهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သနားတတ်သောသူသည် မိမိကိုယ်၌ ကျေးဇူး ပြုတတ်၏။ ကြမ်းကြုတ်သောသူမူကား၊ မိမိကိုယ်ကိုပင် နှောင့်ရှက်တတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သနား တတ်သောသူ သည် မိမိ ကိုယ် ၌ ကျေးဇူး ပြုတတ်၏။ ကြမ်းကြုတ် သောသူမူကား ၊ မိမိ ကိုယ် ကိုပင် နှောင့်ရှက် တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Tahmenhaih tawn kami loe tangqum to hak; toe hmawsaeng kami loe a taksa raihaih paek kami ah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Sitlohnah aka khueh hlang loh a hinglu khaw a phai dae muenying muenyang loh a pumsa a lawn khoeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Sitlohnah aka khueh hlang loh a hinglu khaw a phai dae muenying muenyang loh a pumsa a lawn khoeng.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

仁慈的人善待自己； 残忍的人扰害己身。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

仁慈的人善待自己； 殘忍的人擾害己身。

World Chinese Bible ☆

怜悯人的人善待自己的灵魂； 残忍的人却使自己的肉身受害。

Croatian Bible ☆

Dobrostiv čovjek sam sebi dobro čini, a okrutnik muči vlastito tijelo.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Èlověk účinný dobře činí životu svému, ale ukrutný kormoutí tělo své.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Kærlig Mand gør vel mod sin Sjæl, den grumme er hård ved sit eget Kød.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Een goedertieren mens doet zijn ziel wel; maar die wreed is, beroert zijn vlees.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een vriendelijk mens doet zich zelven goed, Een wreedaard kwelt zijn eigen vlees.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Bonkora homo donos bonon al sia animo, Kaj kruelulo detruas sian karnon.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

L’homme bon fait du bien à son âme, mais le cruel trouble sa chair.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

L'homme bienfaisant se fait du bien à soi-même; mais celui qui est cruel trouble sa propre chair.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

L’homme bon fait du bien à son âme, Mais l’homme cruel trouble sa propre chair.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

L'homme miséricordieux fait du bien à sa propre âme, mais l'homme cruel tourmente sa propre chair.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Sich selbst tut der Mildtätige wohl, der Unbarmherzige aber tut seinem Fleische wehe.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein barmherziger Mann tut sich selber Gutes; aber ein unbarmherziger betrübt auch sein eigen Fleisch.

German Textbibel ☆

Ein liebreicher Mann erweist sich selber Gutes, aber der Grausame quält sein eignes Fleisch.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ein barmherziger Mensch tut seiner eigenen Seele wohl; ein Grausamer aber schädigt sein eigenes Fleisch.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ ἀγαθὸν ποιεῖ ἀνὴρ ἐλεήμων, ἐξολλύει δὲ αὐτοῦ σῶμα ὁ ἀνελεήμων.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ ἀγαθὸν ποιεῖ ἀνὴρ ἐλεήμων, ἐξολλύει δὲ αὐτοῦ σῶμα ὁ ἀνελεήμων.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè ou gen bon kè, se yon byen ou fè pou tèt ou. Men, moun ki san pitye yo, se tèt yo y'ap fè tò.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka mea minamina i kona uhane iho, he kanaka lokomaikai oia; O ka mea hoino i kona kino, he aloha ole kona.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

גֹּמֵ֣ל נַ֭פְשֹׁו אִ֣ישׁ חָ֑סֶד וְעֹכֵ֥ר שְׁ֝אֵרֹ֗ו אַכְזָרִֽי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

גמל נפשו איש חסד ועכר שארו אכזרי׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

L'uomo benigno fa bene a sè stesso ; Ma il crudele conturba la sua propria carne.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

L’uomo benigno fa del bene a se stesso, ma il crudele tortura la sua propria carne.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

あわれみ深い人は自分自身を益するが、 残酷な者は自分の肉体を苦しめる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

악인의 삯은 허무하되 의를 뿌린 자의 상은 확실하니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Oasr ma lacne nu sum sifacna ke pacl kom orek kulang. Kom fin sulallal, kom akkolukye kom sifacna.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

[Benefacit animæ suæ vir misericors; qui autem crudelis est, etiam propinquos abjicit.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

مرد رحیم به خویشتن احسان می‌نماید، امامرد ستم کیش جسد خود را می‌رنجاند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O homem misericordioso faz bem à sua própria alma, mas o cruel prejudica o seu próprio corpo.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O homem bondoso faz bem à sua alma; mas o cruel atormenta sua própria carne.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Omul milos face bine sufletului său, dar cel crud își tulbură propria sa carne.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Омул милостив ышь фаче бине суфлетулуй сэу, дар омул фэрэ милэ ышь тулбурэ ынсэшь карня луй.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Человек милосердый благотворит душе своей, а жестокосердый разрушает плоть свою.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Milostiv čovek čini dobro duši svojoj, a nemilostiv udi svom telu.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Милостив човек чини добро души својој, а немилостив уди свом телу.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ôbà lukogo minjà acîjirira yênene, omuntu ohâna erhi kucîbikira acîbikìre yêne, ci omuntu ominya erhi yêne ocîmînyize.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

A su alma hace bien el hombre misericordioso: mas el cruel atormenta su carne.

Spanish BLL ☆

El que es compasivo se hace bien a sí mismo, pero el que es cruel se acarrea problemas.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

A su alma hace bien el hombre misericordioso, mas el cruel se hace daño a sí mismo.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El hombre que tiene misericordia será recompensado, pero el hombre cruel es la causa de problemas para sí mismo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El misericordioso hace bien a su alma, Pero el cruel daña su propia carne.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku fai lelei ʻe he tangata angaʻofa ki hono laumālie ʻoʻona: ka ko ia ʻoka anga fakamālohi ʻoku ne fakamamahiʻi hono kakano ʻoʻona.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Милосердний чоловік чинить добро душі своїй, а жорстокий замучує тїло своє.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Милосердний чоловік чинить добро душі своїй, а жорстокий замучує тїло своє.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Người nhân từ làm lành cho linh hồn mình; Còn kẻ hung bạo xui khổ cực cho thịt mình.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

גֹּמֵ֣ל נַ֭פְשׁוֹ אִ֣ישׁ חָ֑סֶד וְעֹכֵ֥ר שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ אַכְזָרִֽי׃