Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
An inheritance quickly obtained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.
New American Standard Bible
Will not be blessed in the end.
King James Version
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Holman Bible
will not be blessed ultimately.
A Conservative Version
An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.
American Standard Version
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Amplified
An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Bible in Basic English
A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.
Darby Translation
An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Julia Smith Translation
An inheritance greedily gotten in the beginning; and its latter state shall not be
King James 2000
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
An inheritance acquired [hastily] {at the beginning} will not be blessed at its end.
Modern King James verseion
An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, even the end of it shall not be blessed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The heritage that cometh too hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end.
NET Bible
An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
New Heart English Bible
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
The Emphasized Bible
An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning, the latter end thereof, shall not bring blessing.
Webster
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
World English Bible
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
Youngs Literal Translation
An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
Interlinear
Bahal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness. 21 An inheritance quickly obtained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end. 22 Don't say "I'll avenge that wrong!" Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 27:16-17
"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,
Proverbs 13:22
A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous.
Proverbs 23:4
Don't exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to stop.
Proverbs 28:8
Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant interest collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:20
The faithful man will prosper with blessings, but whoever is in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.
Proverbs 28:22
The miser is in a hurry to get wealthy, but he isn't aware that poverty will catch up with him.
Habakkuk 2:6
"Will not all of these ridicule him with mocking scorn? They will say, "Woe to the one who hordes for himself what isn't his. How long will you enrich yourself by extortion?'
Zechariah 5:4
"I am bringing this about," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "The curse will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who lies in my name. The curse will remain in his house until that house has been completely destroyed, right down to its timber and stones."
Malachi 2:2
"If you don't listen, and if you don't choose to give honor to my name," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "then I'll curse both you and your blessings. I've even cursed them already, because none of you are taking it to heart.
1 Timothy 6:9
But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.