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Proverbs 21:26
Some people are greedy and never have enough. Good people are generous and have plenty.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He is filled with craving all day long,but the righteous give and don’t hold back.
He is filled with craving all day long,but the righteous give and don’t hold back.
Hebrew Names Version
There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and doesn't withhold.
There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and doesn't withhold.
King James Version
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
English Standard Version
All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
New American Standard Bible
All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back.
All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back.
New Century Version
All day long they wish for more, but good people give without holding back.
All day long they wish for more, but good people give without holding back.
Amplified Bible
He craves all the day long [and does no work], But the righteous [willingly] gives and does not withhold [what he has].
He craves all the day long [and does no work], But the righteous [willingly] gives and does not withhold [what he has].
World English Bible
There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and doesn't withhold.
There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and doesn't withhold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
Legacy Standard Bible
All day long he is insatiably craving,While the righteous gives and does not hold back.
All day long he is insatiably craving,While the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Berean Standard Bible
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
Contemporary English Version
But people who obey God are always generous.
But people who obey God are always generous.
Complete Jewish Bible
he covets greedily all day long; but a righteous person gives without holding back.
he covets greedily all day long; but a righteous person gives without holding back.
Darby Translation
He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
George Lamsa Translation
He covets greedily all the day long; but the righteous man gives and does not spare.
He covets greedily all the day long; but the righteous man gives and does not spare.
Good News Translation
all they do is think about what they would like to have. The righteous, however, can give, and give generously.
all they do is think about what they would like to have. The righteous, however, can give, and give generously.
Lexham English Bible
All day he craves a craving, but the righteous will give and not hold back.
All day he craves a craving, but the righteous will give and not hold back.
Literal Translation
He lusts with lust all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
He lusts with lust all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.
He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.
American Standard Version
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
Bible in Basic English
All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
King James Version (1611)
Hee coueteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
Hee coueteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.
He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
English Revised Version
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Al dai he coueitith and desirith; but he that is a iust man, schal yyue, and schal not ceesse.
Al dai he coueitith and desirith; but he that is a iust man, schal yyue, and schal not ceesse.
Update Bible Version
There is one that covets greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and withholds not.
There is one that covets greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and withholds not.
Webster's Bible Translation
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
New English Translation
All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
New King James Version
He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not spare.
He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not spare.
New Living Translation
Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give!
Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give!
New Life Bible
He is filled with desire all day long, but the man who is right with God gives all he can.
He is filled with desire all day long, but the man who is right with God gives all he can.
New Revised Standard
All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back.
All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the day, he greatly craveth, whereas, the righteous, giveth, and doth not spare.
All the day, he greatly craveth, whereas, the righteous, giveth, and doth not spare.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He longeth and desireth all the day: but he that is just, will give, and will not cease.
He longeth and desireth all the day: but he that is just, will give, and will not cease.
Revised Standard Version
All day long the wicked covets, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
All day long the wicked covets, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Young's Literal Translation
All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
THE MESSAGE
Sinners are always wanting what they don't have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
Sinners are always wanting what they don't have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back.
All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Contextual Overview
25 Lazy people will cause their own destruction because they refuse to work. 26 Some people are greedy and never have enough. Good people are generous and have plenty.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
coveteth: Acts 20:33-35, 1 Thessalonians 2:5-9
the righteous: Psalms 37:26, Psalms 112:9, Luke 6:30-36, Acts 20:35, 2 Corinthians 8:7-9, 2 Corinthians 9:9-14
Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:24 - but Proverbs 17:16 - seeing Luke 16:3 - I cannot James 1:26 - bridleth
Cross-References
Genesis 13:7
(The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in this land at the same time.) The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.
(The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in this land at the same time.) The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.
Genesis 21:20
God continued to be with the boy while he grew up. Ishmael lived in the desert and became a hunter. He learned to shoot a bow very well.
God continued to be with the boy while he grew up. Ishmael lived in the desert and became a hunter. He learned to shoot a bow very well.
Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, "I promise to treat you the same way you have treated me."
And Abraham said, "I promise to treat you the same way you have treated me."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He coveteth greedily all the day long,.... The slothful man does, as he has nothing to do to employ his time and his thoughts with; he is always craving something to eat and drink, or wishing he had such an estate, or so much wealth and riches, that he might live as such and such persons do; and this is what his head runs upon all the day long;
but the righteous giveth and spareth not; not gives to the slothful, which does not restrain his desire, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but to the poor and necessitous, to proper objects; a good man will work with his hands, that he may have a sufficiency for himself and his family, and may have something to give to others that are in want; and "he spares not", or withholds not his hands, neither from working nor from giving.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
All the day long - Better, every day. The wish of the slothful man passes into restless, covetous, dissatisfied desire; the righteous, free from that desire, gives without grudging.
