Proverbs 22:8

“Whoever sows injustice will reap wickedness, and the rod of his fury will come to an end.”
Proverbs 22:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Whoever sowsזוֹרֵעַinjusticeעַוְלָהwill reapיִקְצָרwickedness,אָוֶןandוְthe rodשֵׁבֶטof his furyעֶבְרָתוֹwill come to an end.יִכְלֶה

Allusion · 2 Corinthians 9:7

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“A cheerful giver” (hilaron dotēn) is in the Septuagint of Proverbs 22:8, in a sentence that the Hebrew does not have: “God blesses a cheerful and generous man.”

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

Words of the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation of the OT (Proverbs 22:8 in the Septuagint numbering; Swete's text, CC BY-SA 4.0):

Proverbs 22:8, word by word

Whoever sowsזוֹרֵעַzorea

sow

To put seed in the ground.

Where else “zorea” appears

injusticeעַוְלָהavla

injustice, wrong

Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.

Where else “avla” appears

will reapיִקְצָרyiktsar

reap

To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.

Where else “yiktsar” appears

wickednessאָוֶןaven

wickedness

The evil one does.

Where else “aven” appears

the rodשֵׁבֶטshevet

rod

A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.

Where else “shevet” appears

of his furyעֶבְרָתevrat

fury

Overflowing rage, fury.

Where else “evrat” appears

will come to an endיִכְלֶהyichle

finish

To bring a work or a matter through to its end.

Where else “yichle” appears

The context

7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the man who lends.

8 · This verse (above)

9The good of eye, he will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

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