Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
will not be blessed ultimately.
New American Standard Bible
Will not be blessed in the end.
King James Version
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
International Standard Version
An inheritance quickly obtained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.
A Conservative Version
An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.
American Standard Version
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Amplified
An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Bible in Basic English
A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.
Darby Translation
An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Julia Smith Translation
An inheritance greedily gotten in the beginning; and its latter state shall not be
King James 2000
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
An inheritance acquired [hastily] {at the beginning} will not be blessed at its end.
Modern King James verseion
An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, even the end of it shall not be blessed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The heritage that cometh too hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end.
NET Bible
An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
New Heart English Bible
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
The Emphasized Bible
An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning, the latter end thereof, shall not bring blessing.
Webster
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
World English Bible
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
Youngs Literal Translation
An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
Interlinear
Bahal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
20
his lamp will go out in deep darkness.
will not be blessed ultimately.
Wait on the Lord,
Phrases
Cross References
Job 27:16-17
and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—
Proverbs 13:22
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 23:4
stop giving your attention to it.
Proverbs 28:8
collects it for one who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:20
but one in a hurry to get rich
will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:22
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.
Habakkuk 2:6
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.
Zechariah 5:4
I will send it out,”
Malachi 2:2
If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.