Proverbs 19:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is lending [to] Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

King James Bible
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Hebrew
Kindness
ח֣וֹנֵֽן (ḥō·w·nên)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore

to the poor
דָּ֑ל (dāl)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin

is a loan
מַלְוֵ֣ה (mal·wêh)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3867: To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend

to the LORD,
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and He will repay
יְשַׁלֶּם־ (yə·šal·lem-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

[the lender].
לֽוֹ׃ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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