Proverbs 11:26
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Proverbs 11:26 in other translations
| BSB | The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it. |
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| WEB | People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. |
| ASV | He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. |
| YLT | Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing is for the head of him who is selling. |
| DARBY | He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. |
| BBE | He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price. |
| Webster | He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. |
What does Proverbs 11:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 11:24-31
24-31. The scope of the whole is a comment on Pr 11:23. Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
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Proverbs 11:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 11:26
- Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
- Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
- Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
- Proverbs 24:24
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
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Context
- Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
- Proverbs 11:26
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
- Proverbs 11:27
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Proverbs 11:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Al que retiene el grano, el pueblo lo maldecirá: mas bendición será sobre la cabeza del que vende. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui qui retient le blé, le peuple le maudit; mais la bénédiction sera sur la tête de celui qui le vend. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer Korn zurückhält, den verflucht das Volk; aber Segen wird dem Haupte dessen zuteil, der Getreide verkauft. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui abscondit frumenta maledicetur in populis; benedictio autem super caput vendentium. |