Verse List for PROV 13:12

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B I ◄ ← Prov 13:12 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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OET (OET-RV) Hoping for something that never happens causes stress, ⇔ ^ but when a longing is fulfilled, it’s like a new lease of life.

OET-LV Hope deferred is_making _sick the_heart and_tree life a _desire which_comes.

ULT Hope deferred makes a heart sick, ⇔ but a desire fulfilled, is a tree of life.

UST People despair when they do not receive what they have been hoping to receive, ⇔  but when people receive what they have been wanting to receive, they feel like they have everything that they need.

BSB & MSB Hope deferred makes the heart sick, ⇔  but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Hope deferred makes the heart sick, ⇔  but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

NET Hope deferred makes the heart sick, ⇔ but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

LSV Hope prolonged is making the heart sick,
And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.

FBV Hope that's delayed makes you feel sick, but a wish that comes true revives you.[fn]

T4T ⇔  When people do not receive the things that they are expecting to receive, ◄it causes them to despair/they become very sad►; ⇔  but if you receive what you are desiring to get, that will be like a tree [MET] whose fruit gives you life (OR, that will cause you to be joyful).

LEB • Hope that is deferred makes the heart[fn] sick,
• but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

BBE Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

Moff Hope deferred is sickening ⇔  it is new life to have desire fulfilled.

JPS Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

ASV Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; ⇔ But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

DRA Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh is a tree of life.

YLT Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.

Drby Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.

RV Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
(Hope deferred maketh/makes the heart sick: but when the desire cometh/comes, it is a tree of life.)

SLT Hope being forgotten afflicts the heart: and desire coming, a tree of life.

Wbstr Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

KJB-1769 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
(Hope deferred maketh/makes the heart sick: but when the desire cometh/comes, it is a tree of life.)

KJB-1611 Hope deferred maketh the heart sicke: but when the desire commeth, it is a tree of life.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Hope deferred greeueth the heart: but whe the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
(Hope deferred grieveth/grieves the heart: but when the desire cometh/comes, it is a tree of life.)

Gnva The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.
(The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire cometh/comes, it is as a tree of life.)

Cvdl Longe tarienge for a thinge that is dyfferred, greueth ye herte: but when the desyre commeth, it is a tre of life.
(Longe tarrying/waiting for a thing that is dyfferred, grieveth ye/you_all heart: but when the desire cometh/comes, it is a tree of life.)

Wycl Hope which is dilaied, turmentith the soule; a tre of lijf is desir comyng.
(Hope which is dilaied, tormenteth/torments the soul; a tree of life is desire coming.)

Luth Die Hoffnung, die sich verzeucht, ängstet das Herz; wenn‘s aber kommt, das man begehret, das ist ein Baum des Lebens.
(The hope(n), the itself/yourself/themselves forgiven, afraid the heart; if but comes, the man desired, the is a tree the life.)

ClVg Spes quæ differtur affligit animam; lignum vitæ desiderium veniens.][fn]
(Hope which postponed afflicts the_soul; wood/timber of_life desire/wish coming.])

UHB תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָה מַחֲלָה־לֵ֑ב וְ⁠עֵ֥ץ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תַּאֲוָ֥ה בָאָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ, τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς, ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή.

BrTr Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads another to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.