Verse 21

An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but its end shall not be blessed.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  En arv som mottas for tidlig i livet, vil ikke bli en velsignelse senere.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En arv som er oppnådd raskt i begynnelsen, blir ikke velsignet i slutten.

• Norsk King James

  En arv kan lett bli fått i starten; men dens slutt blir ikke velsignet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Arv som man haster etter tidlig, skal ikke bli velsignet til slutt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  En arv som raskt vinnes i begynnelsen, vil på siste ende ikke velsignes.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  En arv kan skaffes i hast i begynnelsen, men i enden vil den ikke bli velsignet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Et arv kan oppnås raskt i begynnelsen, men slutten vil ikke bli velsignet.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  En arv kan skaffes i hast i begynnelsen, men i enden vil den ikke bli velsignet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  En arv som raskt er oppnådd i begynnelsen, vil ikke bli velsignet til slutt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  En arv som fås i hast ved første anledningen vil til slutt ikke være velsignet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den Arv, som man først haster meget efter, den skal ikke velsignes paa det Sidste.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  En arv som skaffes hastig i begynnelsen, vil ikke bli velsignet til slutt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En arv som raskt vinnes i begynnelsen, vil ikke bli velsignet til slutt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En arv som oppnås uærlig fra begynnelsen, velsignes ikke til slutt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  En arv som raskt inndrives, velsignes ikke til sist.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  En arv kan oppnås raskt i begynnelsen, men enden av det vil ikke være en velsignelse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, Won't be blessed in the end.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.
• Prov 23:4 : 4 Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.
• Prov 28:22 : 22 He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.
• Prov 28:8 : 8 He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.
• Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.
• Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!
• Zech 5:4 : 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.
• Mal 2:2 : 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already because you do not take it to heart.
• 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares clothing as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.