Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it.

New American Standard Bible

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But the one who gathers by labor increases it.

King James Version

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Holman Bible

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

International Standard Version

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but whoever works diligently increases his prosperity.

A Conservative Version

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.

American Standard Version

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

Amplified


Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].

Bible in Basic English

Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

Julia Smith Translation

Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.

King James 2000

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.

Modern King James verseion

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase.

NET Bible

Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

New Heart English Bible

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

The Emphasized Bible

Wealth gotten by greed, diminisheth, but, he that gathereth by little, increaseth.

Webster

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.

World English Bible

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Youngs Literal Translation

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הון 
Hown 
Usage: 26

הבל הבל 
hebel 
Usage: 73

but he that gathereth
קבץ 
Qabats 
Usage: 127

by labour
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

Context Readings

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

10 By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom. 11 Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire that cometh to pass is a tree of life.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Job 15:28-29

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.

Job 20:15

He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

Job 20:19-22

For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

Job 27:16-17

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

Psalm 128:2

For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Proverbs 13:22-23

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man.

Proverbs 27:23-27

Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

Proverbs 28:8

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 28:22

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.

Habakkuk 2:6-7

Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!

James 5:1-5

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.

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