Proverbs 28:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

New Living Translation
The trustworthy person will get a rich reward, but a person who wants quick riches will get into trouble.

English Standard Version
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Berean Study Bible
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

New American Standard Bible
A faithful person will abound with blessings, But one who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.

NASB 1995
A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

NASB 1977
A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

Amplified Bible
A faithful (right-minded) man will abound with blessings, But he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.

Christian Standard Bible
A faithful person will have many blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A faithful man will have many blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

Contemporary English Version
God blesses his loyal people, but punishes all who want to get rich quick.

Good News Translation
Honest people will lead a full, happy life. But if you are in a hurry to get rich, you are going to be punished.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A trustworthy person has many blessings, but anyone in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.

International Standard Version
The faithful man will prosper with blessings, but whoever is in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.

NET Bible
A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

New King James Version
A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

King James 2000 Bible
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.

New Heart English Bible
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

World English Bible
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

American King James Version
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

American Standard Version
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

A Faithful Version
A faithful man shall overflow with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

Darby Bible Translation
A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

English Revised Version
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

Webster's Bible Translation
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
A faythfull man shalbe fylled with blessinges, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be vngyltie.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
A faithfull man is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche, shal not be vngiltie.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
A steadfast man has multiplied blessings, "" And whoever is hastening to be rich is not acquitted.

Young's Literal Translation
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

Smith's Literal Translation
A man of faithfulness multiplied blessings: and he hasting to be rich shall not be innocent.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

Catholic Public Domain Version
A faithful man shall be greatly praised. But whoever rushes to become rich will not be innocent.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Many are the blessings of a faithful man and an evil one will not be spared in his evil.

Lamsa Bible
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but an evil man shall not be innocent.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.
















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