Proverbs 11:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

Young's Literal Translation
A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

King James Bible
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Hebrew
A kind
חָ֑סֶד (ḥā·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

man
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

benefits
גֹּמֵ֣ל (gō·mêl)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen

himself,
נַ֭פְשׁוֹ (nap̄·šōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

but a cruel man
אַכְזָרִֽי׃ (’aḵ·zā·rî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 394: Terrible

brings trouble
וְעֹכֵ֥ר (wə·‘ō·ḵêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5916: To roil water, to disturb, affict

on himself.
שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ (’ê·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7607: Flesh, as living, for, food, food of any kind, kindred by blood

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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