Proverbs 11:30
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
Webster's Revision
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
World English Bible
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.
Clarke's Proverbs 11:30 Bible Commentary
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life - עץ חיים ets chaiyim, "the tree of lives." It is like that tree which grew in the paradise of God; increasing the bodily and mental vigor of those who ate of it.
He that winneth souls is wise - Wisdom seeks to reclaim the wanderers; and he who is influenced by wisdom will do the same.
Barnes's Proverbs 11:30 Bible Commentary
Winneth souls - Better, a wise man winneth souls. He that is wise draws the souls of people to himself, just as the fruit of the righteous is to all around him a tree of life, bearing new fruits of healing evermore. The phrase is elsewhere translated by "taketh the life" 1 Kings 19:4; Psalm 31:13. The wise man is the true conqueror. For the Christian meaning given to these words, see the New Testament reference in the margin.
Wesley's Proverbs 11:30 Bible Commentary
11:30 The fruit - His discourses and his whole conversation, is like the fruit of the tree of life. Winneth - That gains souls to God.