21An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.


In Context

18 Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.

19 He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

21 An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

22 Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.

23 Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

Proverbs 20:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:21The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.