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Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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New Living Translation

Proverbs 21:26

Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Covetousness;   Idleness;   Liberality;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Greed;   Liberality-Parsimony;   The Topic Concordance - Laziness;   Righteousness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Covetousness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Covetousness;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Covetousness;  

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
There is one that covets greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and withholds not.
New Century Version
All day long they wish for more, but good people give without holding back.
New English Translation
All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Webster's Bible Translation
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
World English Bible
There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and doesn't withhold.
Amplified Bible
He craves all the day long [and does no work], But the righteous [willingly] gives and does not withhold [what he has].
English Standard Version
All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Al dai he coueitith and desirith; but he that is a iust man, schal yyue, and schal not ceesse.
English Revised Version
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
Berean Standard Bible
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
Contemporary English Version
But people who obey God are always generous.
American Standard Version
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Some people are greedy and never have enough. Good people are generous and have plenty.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
New Life Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
George Lamsa Translation
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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
All day long the wicked covets, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
Christian Standard Bible®
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.
King James Version
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Lexham English Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.
THE MESSAGE
Sinners are always wanting what they don't have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
New American Standard Bible
All day long he is craving, While 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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Legacy Standard Bible
All day long he is insatiably craving,While the righteous gives and does not hold back.

Contextual Overview

25 Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin, for their hands refuse to work. 26 Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give!

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
So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
Genesis 21:20
And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
Genesis 21:24
Abraham replied, "Yes, I swear to it!"

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.


 
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