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


In Context

18 Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

19 A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

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

22 Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

23 An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are 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 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 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.