Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart, - but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled.

New American Standard Bible

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

King James Version

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Holman Bible

Delayed hope makes the heart sick,
but fulfilled desire is a tree of life.

International Standard Version

Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

A Conservative Version

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

American Standard Version

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Amplified


Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Bible in Basic English

Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

Darby Translation

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire that cometh to pass is a tree of life.

Julia Smith Translation

Hope being forgotten afflicts the heart: and desire coming, a tree of life.

King James 2000

Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life.

Modern King James verseion

Hope put off makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hope deferred grieveth the heart; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

NET Bible

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

New Heart English Bible

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Webster

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

World English Bible

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
תּוחלת 
Towcheleth 
Usage: 6

משׁך 
Mashak 
Usage: 36

but when the desire
תּאוה 
Ta'avah 
Usage: 20


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

it is a tree
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Proverbs 13:12

References

Hastings

Images Proverbs 13:12

Prayers for Proverbs 13:12

Context Readings

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

11 Wealth gotten by greed, diminisheth, but, he that gathereth by little, increaseth. 12 Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart, - but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled. 13 He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.



Cross References

Proverbs 13:19

A desire fulfilled, is sweet to the soul, but it is, an abomination to the lawless, to depart from evil.

Genesis 46:30

Then said Israel unto Joseph I am ready to die at last, - now that I have seen thy face, in that thou art, yet alive.

Proverbs 3:18

A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

Genesis 21:6-7

And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me, - Everyone that heareth will laugh with me.

1 Samuel 1:26-28

And she said - Pardon, my lord! By the life of thy soul, my lord, - I, am the woman who was standing near thee here, praying unto Yahweh:

Psalm 17:15

I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.

Psalm 40:2-3

So he brought me up, Out of the destroying pit, Out of the swampy mire, - And set, upon a cliff, my feet, Making firm my steps:

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat, - Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.

Psalm 119:81-83

[KAPH] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous, is a tree of life, and, he that rescueth souls, is wise.

Song of Songs 5:8

I adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, - If ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? That, sick with love, I am.

Luke 2:29-30

Now, dost thou dismiss thy servant, O Sovereign, according to thy declaration - in peace;

John 16:22

And, ye, therefore, now, indeed have grief; but, again, will I see you, and your heart shall rejoice, - and, your joy, no one, shall force from you.

Revelation 22:2

in the midst of the broadway thereof. And, on this side of the river and on that, was a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, every several month, yielding its fruit; and, the leaves of the tree, were for the healing of the nations,

Psalm 42:1-3

BOOK THE SECOND As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.

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