Proverbs 20:21
WEB
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
BSB
An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
KJV
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H5159
n-f — inherited, occupancy, heirloom, estate, patrimony, portion
Derivation: from 5157 (in its usual sense);
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
n.f — possession
נַחֲלָה 224 n.f. possession, property, inheritance
1. property
2. portion, share
3. inheritance
H926
v — tremble, palpitate, be, make, alarmed, agitated, hasten
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
KJV: be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
vb — tremble
[בָּהַל] vb.
Niph.
1. be disturbed, dismayed, terrified
2. be in haste, hasty
Pi.
1. dismay, terrify
2. hasten, make haste, act hastily
Pu. hastened; hastily gained
Hiph.
1. dismay, terrify
2. (late) hasten, hurry
H7223
a — first
Derivation: or רִאשֹׁן; from 7221;
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
adj — former
רִאשׁוֹן 182 adj. former, first, chief
H319
n-f — last, end, future, posterity
Derivation: from 310;
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
n.f — after-part
אַחֲרִית 61 n.f. after-part, end
H3808
adv — not, no
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
KJV: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.
adv — not
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
H1288
v — kneel, bless, curse
Derivation: a primitive root;
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV: × abundantly, × altogether, × at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, × greatly, × indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, × still, thank.
vb — kneel
[בָּרַךְ] 329 vb. kneel, bless
Qal
1. kneel down
2. bless
Niph. bless oneself
Pi.
1. bless God, adore with bended knees
2. God blesses
3. men bless men
4. salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing
5. bless, with the antithetical meaning curse from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates
Pu.
1. pass. to be blessed, adored
2. prospered by God
3. have prosperity invoked, by Balaam
4. in gratitude
Hiph. and he made his camel kneel
Hithp. bless oneself, congratulate oneself in his heart
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Verse 21
Proverbs 20:21
Note, 1. It is possible that an estate may be suddenly raised. There are those that will be rich, by right or wrong, who make no conscience of what they say or do if they can but get money by it, who, when it is in their power, will cheat their own father, and who sordidly spare and hoard up what they get, grudging themselves and their families food convenient and thinking all lost but what they buy land with or put out to interest. By such ways as these a man may grow rich, may grow very rich, in a little time, at his first setting out. 2. An estate that is suddenly raised is often as suddenly ruined. It was raised hastily, but, not being raised honestly, it proves soon ripe and soon rotten: The end thereof shall not be blessed of God, and, if he do not bless it, it can neither be comfortable nor of any continuance; so that he who got it at the end will be a fool. He had better have taken time and built firmly.