An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
An inheritancemay be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
WEB
An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
YLT
An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
DBT
An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.