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OET-LV An_inheritance hastily_gained[fn] in/on/at/with_beginning and_end_its not it_will_be_blessed.
20:21 Variant note: מבחלת: (x-qere) ’מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת’: lemma_926 morph_HVPsfsa id_20JoU מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת
UHB נַ֭חֲלָה מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת[fn] בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ לֹ֣א תְבֹרָֽךְ׃ ‡
(naḩₐlāh məⱱohelet bāriʼshonāh vəʼaḩₐrītāh loʼ təⱱorāk.)
Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
K מבחלת
ULT An inheritance gained quickly in the beginning,
⇔ its end will not be blessed.
UST What people inherit hastily before the proper time
⇔ will ultimately not result in Yahweh blessing them.
BSB ⇔ An inheritance gained quickly
⇔ will not be blessed in the end.
OEB Wealth hastily gotten at first
⇔ will remain unblessed in the end.
WEB An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
⇔ won’t be blessed in the end.
NET An inheritance gained easily in the beginning
⇔ will not be blessed in the end.
LSV An inheritance gotten wrongly at first,
Even its latter end is not blessed.
FBV Wealth gained too soon[fn] won't do you any good in the end.
20:21 “Gained too soon”: some manuscripts have “gained by greed”
T4T ⇔ If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die,
⇔ you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
LEB • hastily[fn] will not be blessed at its end.
?:? Literally “at the first”
BBE A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS An estate may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
ASV An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
⇔ But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
DRA The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
YLT An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
DBY An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
RV An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
WBS An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
KJB An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
(An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. )
BB The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.
(The heritage that cometh/comes hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.)
GNV An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
CB The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.
(The heretage that cometh/comes to haistely at the first, shall not be praised at the ende.)
WYC Eritage to which me haastith in the bigynnyng, schal wante blessing in the laste tyme.
(Eritage to which me haastith in the beginning, shall wante blessing in the last time.)
LUT Das Erbe, danach man zuerst sehr eilet, wird zuletzt nicht gesegnet sein.
(The Erbe, after/thereafter/then man zuerst sehr eilet, becomes zuletzt not gesegnet sein.)
CLV hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.[fn]
(hæreditas to how festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.)
20.21 Hæreditas. Qui per avaritiæ nequitiam in hac vita multiplicari appetunt, etc., usque ad abominatio est apud Deum.
20.21 Hæreditas. Who per avaritiæ nequitiam in hac vita multiplicari appetunt, etc., usque to abominatio it_is apud God.
BRN No BRN PRO 20:21 verse available
BrLXX No BrLXX PRO 20:21 verse available
20:21 An inheritance gained early in life is likely to be spent long before death, leaving nothing to live on.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
נַ֭חֲלָה
inheritance
See how you translated the abstract noun inheritance in 17:2.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה
in/on/at/with,beginning
The phrase in the beginningrefers to a person receiving his inheritance before he is supposed to receive it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “before the right time”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ
and,end,its
See how you translated the same use of its end in 14:12.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
לֹ֣א תְבֹרָֽךְ
not blessed
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Yahweh will not bless”