Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, without painful toil for it. New Living Translation The blessing of the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. English Standard Version The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. Berean Standard Bible The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it. King James Bible The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. New King James Version The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it. New American Standard Bible It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it. NASB 1995 It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it. NASB 1977 It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it. Legacy Standard Bible It is the blessing of Yahweh that makes rich, And He adds no pain with it. Amplified Bible The blessing of the LORD brings [true] riches, And He adds no sorrow to it [for it comes as a blessing from God]. Christian Standard Bible The LORD’s blessing enriches, and he adds no painful effort to it. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD’s blessing enriches, and struggle adds nothing to it. American Standard Version The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The blessing of LORD JEHOVAH makes rich and there shall be no sorrow with it. Brenton Septuagint Translation The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; it enriches him, and grief of heart shall not be added to it. Contemporary English Version When the LORD blesses you with riches, you have nothing to regret. Douay-Rheims Bible The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them. English Revised Version The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow therewith. GOD'S WORD® Translation It is the LORD's blessing that makes a person rich, and hard work adds nothing to it. Good News Translation It is the LORD's blessing that makes you wealthy. Hard work can make you no richer. International Standard Version The blessing of the LORD establishes wealth, and difficulty does not accompany it. JPS Tanakh 1917 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And toil addeth nothing thereto. Literal Standard Version The blessing of YHWH—it makes rich, | And He adds no grief with it. Majority Standard Bible The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it. New American Bible It is the LORD’s blessing that brings wealth, and no effort can substitute for it. NET Bible The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it. New Revised Standard Version The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. New Heart English Bible The LORD's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. Webster's Bible Translation The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. World English Bible Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. Young's Literal Translation The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son…21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment. 22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it. 23The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.… Cross References Genesis 24:35 "The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys. Genesis 26:12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him, Genesis 26:13 and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy. Deuteronomy 8:18 But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day. Deuteronomy 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me." Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him. Deuteronomy 28:11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly--in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land--in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 2 Chronicles 25:9 Amaziah asked the man of God, "What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?" And the man of God replied, "The LORD is able to give you much more than this." Treasury of Scripture The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. it Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: Genesis 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: he Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Proverbs 28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. Joshua 6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. Jump to Previous Addeth Adds Blessing Gives Greater Grief Hard Makes Maketh Rich Sorrow Thereto Therewith Toil Trouble Wealth WorkJump to Next Addeth Adds Blessing Gives Greater Grief Hard Makes Maketh Rich Sorrow Thereto Therewith Toil Trouble Wealth WorkProverbs 10 1. Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices(22) And he addeth no sorrow with it--whereas riches without God's blessing bring only trouble with them. Or the passage may mean, "And labour adds nothing thereto." (Comp. Psalm 127:2. where God is said to give to His beloved while they sleep all that others toil early and late for in vain.)Verse 22. - The blessing of the Lord. The Septuagint adds, "upon the head of the righteous," as in Ver. 6. Not chance and luck, not even industry and labour, but God giveth the increase (Ecclesiastes 5:18, 19). He addeth no sorrow with it; i.e. with the Blessing. In acquiring and in using wealth thus blessed, the good man is contented and happy, while unsanctified fiches bring only trouble and vexation. But this seems rather feeble, and it is better to render, "And a man's own labor addeth nothing thereto." A man's own work must not be regarded as an equal cause of prosperity with the favour of God. This sentiment is in accordance with Psalm 127:1, 2, "Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it so he giveth unto his beloved in sleep" - what others vainly labour for God giveth to the righteous without toil. The rendering of the clause, "Trouble is of no avail without it," is scarcely warranted by the wording of the text. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The blessingבִּרְכַּ֣ת (bir·kaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity of the LORD יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel enriches, תַעֲשִׁ֑יר (ṯa·‘ă·šîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6238: To accumulate, chiefly, to grow, rich and He adds יוֹסִ֖ף (yō·w·sip̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment no וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no sorrow עֶ֣צֶב (‘e·ṣeḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6089: An earthen vessel, toil, a pang to it. עִמָּֽהּ׃ (‘im·māh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with Links Proverbs 10:22 NIVProverbs 10:22 NLT Proverbs 10:22 ESV Proverbs 10:22 NASB Proverbs 10:22 KJV Proverbs 10:22 BibleApps.com Proverbs 10:22 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 10:22 Chinese Bible Proverbs 10:22 French Bible Proverbs 10:22 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 10:22 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth and he adds (Prov. 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