Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֤י kî For [so] Conj 1513 [e] גֶֽחָלִ֗ים ḡe-ḥā-lîm, coals of fire N-mp 859 [e] אַ֭תָּה ’at-tāh you Pro-2ms 2846 [e] חֹתֶ֣ה ḥō-ṯeh will heap V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- on Prep 7218 [e] רֹאשׁ֑וֹ rō-šōw; his head N-msc | 3ms 3069 [e] וַֽ֝יהוָ֗ה Yah-weh and Yahweh Conj-w | N-proper-ms 7999 [e] יְשַׁלֶּם־ yə-šal-lem- will reward V-Piel-Imperf-3ms   לָֽךְ׃ lāḵ. you Prep | 2fs

New American Standard Bible
For you will heap burning coals on his head, And the LORD will reward you.

King James Bible
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

for or not to consume but to melt him into kindness; a metaphor taken from smelting ores

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