Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
New American Standard Bible
But the one who gathers
King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Holman Bible
but whoever earns it through labor
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.
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.
Themes
Business life » Fidelity » Industry
Industry » Leads to » Increase of substance
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, by vanity
Vanity » Wealth gotten by vanity
Vanity » Wealth gotten by, diminishes
Virtues » Industry » Commended
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 13:11
Prayers for Proverbs 13:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Lives Righteously
10 A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom. 11 Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great. 12 Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.
Job 15:28-29
And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
Job 20:15
Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.
Job 20:19-22
For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
Job 27:16-17
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Psalm 128:2
The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy art thou, and good is to thee.
Proverbs 13:22-23
A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous is the sinner's wealth.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Proverbs 28:8
Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
Proverbs 28:20
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
Proverbs 28:22
Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
Jeremiah 17:11
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
Habakkuk 2:6-7
Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?
James 5:1-5
Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;