Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
WEB
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
YLT
Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
DBT
Wealth [gotten] by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase [it].
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.