Parallel Verses

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.

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].

Darby Translation

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

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 The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit. 11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased. 12 Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:21

A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

Proverbs 10:2

Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

Job 15:28-29

And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

Job 20:15

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

Job 20:19-22

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

Job 27:16-17

Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;

Proverbs 13:22-23

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

Proverbs 27:23-27

Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

Proverbs 28:8

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

Proverbs 28:20

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

Proverbs 28:22

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

Habakkuk 2:6-7

Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

James 5:1-5

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

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