Proverbs 11:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness—a true reward.

King James Bible
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

Hebrew
The wicked man
רָשָׁ֗ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

earns
עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

an empty
שָׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

wage,
פְעֻלַּת־ (p̄ə·‘ul·laṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6468: A work, recompense

but he who sows
וְזֹרֵ֥עַ (wə·zō·rê·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

righteousness
צְ֝דָקָ֗ה (ṣə·ḏā·qāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

[reaps] a true
אֱמֶֽת׃ (’ĕ·meṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

reward.
שֶׂ֣כֶר (śe·ḵer)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7938: Hire, wages

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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