Proverbes 25:21

Darby's French Translation

Si celui qui te hait a faim, donne-lui du pain à manger, et, s'il a soif, donne-lui de l'eau à boire;

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Si celui qui te hait a faim, donne-lui � manger du pain; et s'il a soif, donne-lui � boire de l'eau.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Si ton ennemi a faim donne-lui du pain � manger; et s'il a soif donne-lui de l'eau � boire.

Louis Segond (1910)
Si ton ennemi a faim, donne-lui du pain � manger; S'il a soif, donne-lui de l'eau � boire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 24:17, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:5, Matthew 5:44, Luke 10:33-36, Romans 12:20, Romans 12:21

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:19 - the Lord 1 Samuel 30:11 - gave him 2 Kings 6:22 - set bread 2 Kings 6:23 - he prepared 2 Chronicles 28:15 - gave them Job 24:23 - yet his eyes Proverbs 19:11 - and Proverbs 24:29 - Say Isaiah 21:14 - brought Isaiah 58:7 - to deal Ezekiel 18:16 - but hath Matthew 25:35 - thirsty Luke 6:27 - Love Luke 10:34 - went 1 Thessalonians 5:15 - none

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat,.... Which includes all manner of food; whatever persons may have in their houses, that they should bring out and feed the hungry with, even though an enemy;

and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; which was what was usually and in common drank in those countries. These two, bread and water, take in all the necessaries of life; and giving them is expressive of all acts of beneficence and humanity to be performed to enemies; see 2 Kings 6:22; or "drink to him", so Pagninus and Montanus; which is still more expressive of respect and kindness.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A precept reproduced by Paul Romans 12:20; the second clause of which seems at first sight to suggest a motive incompatible with a true charity. Leviticus 16:12 suggests an explanation. The high priest on the Day of Atonement was to take his censer, to fill it with “coals of fire,” and then to put the incense thereon for a sweet-smelling savor. So it is here. The first emotion in another caused by the good done to him may be one of burning shame, but the shame will do its work and the heart also will burn, and prayer and confession and thanksgiving will rise as incense to the throne of God. Thus, “we shall overcome evil with good.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 25:21. If thine enemy be hungry — See this and the next verse explained, Romans 12:20.