Proverbs 13:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

New Living Translation
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

English Standard Version
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Berean Study Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

New American Standard Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

NASB 1995
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

NASB 1977
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Amplified Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Christian Standard Bible
Hope delayed makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Delayed hope makes the heart sick, but fulfilled desire is a tree of life.

Contemporary English Version
Not getting what you want can break your heart, but a wish that comes true is a life-giving tree.

Good News Translation
When hope is crushed, the heart is crushed, but a wish come true fills you with joy.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Delayed hope makes one sick at heart, but a fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

International Standard Version
Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

NET Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

New King James Version
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

King James 2000 Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

New Heart English Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

World English Bible
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

American King James Version
Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

American Standard Version
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

A Faithful Version
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when desire is fulfilled it is a tree of life.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Hope deferred greeueth the heart: but whe the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Longe tarienge for a thinge that is dyfferred, greueth ye herte: but when the desyre commeth, it is a tre of life.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, "" And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.

Young's Literal Translation
Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.

Smith's Literal Translation
Hope being forgotten afflicts the heart: and desire coming, a tree of life.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh is a tree of life.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Hope, when it is delayed, afflicts the soul. The arrival of the desired is a tree of life.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A man who begins to help is better than he that props up with hope, and the tree of life brings hope.

Lamsa Bible
Blessed is the man who is willing to help; more blessed is he than he who merely rests in hope, as a tree of life he bears fruit.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.
















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