Proverbs 13:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

KJV

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 when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

ASV

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

LSV

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, || And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.

YLT

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.

DBY

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.

DRC

Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh is a tree of life.

GNV

The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.

JPS

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

LXXE

Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads another to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.

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Original-language editions

WLC

תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָה מַחֲלָה־לֵ֑ב וְעֵ֥ץ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תַּאֲוָ֥ה בָאָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ, τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς, ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• John 16:22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
• Proverbs 13:19Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
• Psalms 119:81–83My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
• Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
• Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
• Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
• Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
• Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
• Psalms 40:2–3He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their…
• Genesis 21:6–7Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.” She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
• Song of Songs 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
• Genesis 46:30Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
• 1 Samuel 1:26–28“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him, I now…
• Luke 2:29–30“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
• Revelation 22:2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing…
• Psalms 42:1–3As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? My tears have been my food both day and night, while…

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