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


In Context

18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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

22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

23 Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

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 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.