Proverbs 21:5

Translation Comparison (18 available)

Original Language Text
hebrew
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת חָ֭רוּץ אַךְ לְ/מוֹתָ֑ר וְ/כָל אָ֝֗ץ אַךְ לְ/מַחְסֽוֹר
English Translation
The thoughts of a diligent person are only for excess, and every hasty person is only for lack.

The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But everyone that is hasty hasteth only to want.

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.

The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.

The thoughts of the industrious al- ways bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

Guilty people live crooked lives, but the innocent follow straight paths.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

The thoughtes of the diligent doe surely bring abundance: but whosoeuer is hastie, commeth surely to pouertie.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, || And of every hasty one, only to want.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity,<br>but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.<br>

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

The purposes of the diligent [are] only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.