Proverbs 11:24

scattereth Comp. Psalms 112:9 (where the same Heb. word is rendered dispersed); 2 Corinthians 9:6.

yet increaseth Rather, increaseth yet more, R.V. εἰσὶν οἱ τὰ ἴδια σπείροντες πλείονα ποιοῦσιν, LXX.; Alii dividunt propria et ditiores fiunt, Vulg.

more than This, with A.V. and R.V. text, is the best rendering here, of the Heb. particle. It may, however, mean from, and be taken with the verb (keep from = withhold), and then we have the rendering of R.V. marg. withholdeth what is justly due.

The two clauses of this verse are expanded into separate proverbs in the two verses which follow.