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New American Standard Bible
But everyone
King James Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Holman Bible
but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
International Standard Version
Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity, but all who are hasty will surely become poor.
A Conservative Version
The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.
American Standard Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
Amplified
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage,
But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.
Bible in Basic English
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
Darby Translation
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
Julia Smith Translation
The purposes of the active only to abundance; and every one hastening only to want
King James 2000
The thoughts of the diligent lead only to plenty; but of everyone that is hasty, only to want.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The plans of the diligent only [lead] to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
Modern King James verseion
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but the thoughts of everyone who is hasty only to poverty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The devices of one that is diligent, bring plenteousness; but he that is unadvised, cometh to poverty.
NET Bible
The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
New Heart English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
The Emphasized Bible
The plans of the diligent, tend only to abundance, but, of every one that is urgent, only to want.
Webster
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
World English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
Youngs Literal Translation
The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:5
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Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
5
But everyone
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 10:4
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 28:22
A stingy manhastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Proverbs 14:29
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,
Ephesians 4:28
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,