Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation The plans of a hard-working person lead to prosperity, but everyone who is [always] in a hurry ends up in poverty. American Standard Version The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want. Berean Study Bible The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. Douay-Rheims Bible The thoughts of the industrious al- ways bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want. English Revised Version The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want. King James Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want. Proverbs 21:5 Additional Translations ... Links Proverbs 21:5 NIVProverbs 21:5 NLT Proverbs 21:5 ESV Proverbs 21:5 NASB Proverbs 21:5 NKJV Proverbs 21:5 KJV |