Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.

King James Version

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Holman Bible

The Lord’s blessing enriches,
and struggle adds nothing to it.

International Standard Version

The blessing of the LORD establishes wealth, and difficulty does not accompany it.

A Conservative Version

The blessing of LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

American Standard Version

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

Amplified


The blessing of the Lord brings [true] riches,
And He adds no sorrow to it [for it comes as a blessing from God].

Bible in Basic English

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

Darby Translation

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it.

Julia Smith Translation

The blessing of Jehovah it will make rich, and it will not add pain with it

King James 2000

The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.

Modern King James verseion

The blessing of Jehovah itself makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.

NET Bible

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

The Emphasized Bible

The blessing of Yahweh, itself maketh rich, and he addeth no grievance therewith.

Webster

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

World English Bible

Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Youngs Literal Translation

The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּרכה 
B@rakah 
Usage: 69

of the Lord

Usage: 0

עשׁר 
`ashar 
Usage: 17

and he addeth
יסף 
Yacaph 
Usage: 208

no sorrow
עצב 
`etseb 
Usage: 7

Context Readings

Proverbs Concerning The Mouth

21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom. 22 It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.
23 To make an abomination is as sport to the fool, but wisdom is recreation to the man of intelligence.

Cross References

Genesis 24:35

And the LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold and menslaves and maidslaves and camels and asses.

Genesis 26:12

Then Isaac sowed in that land and received in the same year one hundred-fold, and the LORD blessed him.

Psalm 37:22

For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the earth, and those that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

Genesis 12:2

and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

Genesis 13:2

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 14:23

that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet; I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou should say, I have made Abram rich,

Joshua 6:18

But keep yourselves from the anathema, that ye not touch nor take any thing of the anathema so that ye not make the camp of Israel anathema and trouble it.

Joshua 7:1-26

But the sons of Israel committed a trespass in the anathema; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the anathema; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the sons of Israel.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and lifts up.

1 Kings 21:19

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath the LORD said, Hast thou murdered and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him again, saying, Thus hath the LORD said, In the same place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs also lick thy blood, even thine.

2 Kings 5:26-27

Then he said unto him, Did not my heart go with thee when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money and to receive garments and oliveyards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and menslaves and maidslaves?

Job 27:8-23

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul?

Psalm 107:38

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly and suffers not their cattle to decrease.

Psalm 113:7-8

He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts the destitute out of the dunghill;

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Habakkuk 2:6-12

Shall not all these take up a parable against him and a taunting enigma against him and say, Woe to him that multiplied that which was not his! And for how long would he pile thick clay upon himself?

Zechariah 5:4

I brought it forth, said the LORD of the hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name; and it shall remain in the midst of his house and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

James 5:1-5

Come now, Oh ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Deuteronomy 8:17-18

and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

Proverbs 28:22

He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

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