Proverbs 20:21

Proverbs 20:21 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

21An inheritance claimed too soon

will not be blessed at the end.

21An inheritance gained in a hurry at the beginning

Will not be blessed in the end.

21An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning

Will not be blessed in the end. [Prov 28:20; Hab 2:6]

21An inheritance gained quickly

will not be blessed in the end.

21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;

But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

21An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning

won’t be blessed in the end.

21Property that you claim too soon

will not be blessed in the end.

21If you receive riches too early in life,

it will do you no good in the end.

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