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Proverbs 24:29
New English Translation
Proverbs 24:29
New English Translation
29 Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will pay him back[a] according to what he has done.”[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:29 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.
- Proverbs 24:29 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).
New English Translation (NET)
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