Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
WEB
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
YLT
Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.
DBT
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
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.