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Proverbs 13:12

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13:12Hope39 deferred40 makes the heart sick,41

but a longing fulfilled42 is like43 a tree of life.

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Footnotes

  1. 39 The word “hope” (תּוֹחֶלֶת [tokhelet] from יָחַל [yakhal]) also has the implication of a tense if not anxious wait.
  2. 40 The verb is the Pual participle from מָשַׁךְ (mashakh,“to draw; to drag”).
  3. 41 Failure in realizing one’s hopes can be depressing or discouraging. People can bear frustration only so long (W. G. Plaut, Proverbs, 153).
  4. 42 Heb “a desire that comes”; cf. “a wish that comes true.”
  5. 43 The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied for the sake of clarity.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Hope delayed makes the heart sick,

but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick,

but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick:

But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

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