Proverbs 11:26
WEB
People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
BSB
The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
KJV
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H4513
v — debar
Derivation: a primitive root;
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
KJV: deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
vb — withhold
מָנַע vb. withhold, hold back
Qal withhold
Niph. be withholden
H1250
n-m — grain, the open country
Derivation: or בַּר; from 1305 (in the sense of winnowing);
grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
KJV: corn, wheat.
n.m — grain
בַּר n.m. grain, corn
H5344
v — puncture, perforate, specify, designate, libel
Derivation: a primitive root;
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
KJV: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
vb — pierce
[נָקַב] vb. pierce
Qal
1. pierce, bore
2. prick off, designate, wages
Niph. who were pricked off, designated, by name
vb — curse
[נָקַב] vb. curse
H3816
n-m — community
Derivation: or לְאוֹם; from an unused root meaning to gather;
a community
KJV: nation, people.
n.m — people
לְאֹם, לְאוֹם n.m. people, poet. and chiefly late
H1293
n-f — benediction, prosperity
Derivation: from 1288;
benediction; by implication prosperity
KJV: blessing, liberal, pool, present.
n.f — blessing
בְּרָכָה n.f. blessing
1. blessing
2. source of blessing
3. blessing, prosperity
4. blessing, praise of God
5. a gift, present
6. treaty of peace
H7218
n-m — head
Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
n.pr.gent — Rôsh
רֹאשׁ n.pr.gent. Rôsh
n.m — head
רֹאשׁ 599 n.m.
1.
a. (c. 230 t.) head, of human being
b. head, of animals
2.
a. top (88 t.)
b. height, of stars
3.
a. head = chief (man)
b. = chief (city)
c. chief nation
d. = chief (place, position)
e. = chief priest
f. = head of a family
4.
a. head = front, leader's place
b. of time, beginning, of night watch
c. of things, river-heads
5. chief, choicest, best, of spices
6. head = division of army, company, band
7. = sum, esp. in phr. take sum of, enumerate
8. other phr.
H7666
v — deal
Derivation: denominative from 7668;
to deal in grain
KJV: buy, sell.
vb. denom — buy grain
[שָׁבַר] vb. denom. buy grain
Qal buy grain for food
Hiph. sell grain (prop. cause to buy grain)
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Verse 26
Proverbs 11:26
See here, 1. What use we are to make of the gifts of God's bounty; we must not hoard them up merely for our own advantage, that we may be enriched by them, but we must bring them forth for the benefit of others, that they may be supported and maintained by them. It is a sin, when corn is dear and scarce, to withhold it, in hopes that it will still grow dearer, so to keep up and advance the market, when it is already so high that the poor suffer by it; and at such a time it is the duty of those that have stocks of corn by them to consider the poor, and to be willing to sell at the market-price, to be content with moderate profit, and not aim to make a gain of God's judgments. It is a noble and extensive piece of charity for those that have stores wherewithal to do it to help to keep the markets low when the price of our commodities grows excessive. 2. What regard we are to have to the voice of the people. We are not to think it an indifferent thing, and not worth heeding, whether we have the ill will and word, or the good will and word, of our neighbours, their prayers or their curses; for here we are taught to dread their curses, and forego our own profit rather than incur them; and to court their blessings, and be at some expense to purchase them. Sometimes, vox populi est vox Dei - the voice of the people is the voice of God.