Verse Comparison: Proverbs 21:5
American Standard Version
The thoughts of the diligent `tend' only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty `hasteth' only to want.
Amplified® Bible
The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient {and} hasty hastens only to want.
Contemporary English Version
If you plan and work hard, you will have plenty; if you get in a hurry, you will end up poor.
Darby English Version
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
Good News Bible
Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly, you will never have enough.
King James Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
New American Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent {lead} surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty {comes} surely to poverty.
New International Version
The plans of the diligent lead to profit
as surely as haste leads to poverty.
New King James Version
The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who acts hastily comes surely to poverty
Revised Standard Version
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
Young's Literal Translation
The purposes of the diligent `are' only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
