Proverbs 13:12

NETBible	Hope¹ deferred² makes the heart sick,³ but a longing fulfilled⁴ is like⁵ a tree of life.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 13:12	Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:12	Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 13:12	Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 13:12	Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 13:12	Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 13:12	Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 13:12	Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
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KJV	Hope <08431> deferred <04900> (8794) maketh the heart <03820> sick <02470> (8688)_: but [when] the desire <08378> cometh <0935> (8802)_, [it is] a tree <06086> of life <02416>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:12	Hope <08431> deferred <04900> makes <02470> the heart <03820> sick <02470> , But desire <08378> fulfilled <0935> is a tree <06086> of life <02425> .
LXXM	kreisswn <2908> A-NSM enarcomenov {V-PMPNS} bohywn <997> V-PAPNS kardia <2588> N-DSF tou <3588> T-GSM epaggellomenou {V-PMPGS} kai <2532> CONJ eiv <1519> PREP elpida <1680> N-ASF agontov <71> V-PAPGS dendron <1186> N-NSN gar <1063> PRT zwhv <2222> N-GSF epiyumia <1939> N-NSF agayh <18> A-NSF
NET [draft] ITL	Hope <08431> deferred <04900> makes the heart <03820> sick <02470> , but a longing <08378> fulfilled <0935> is like a tree <06086> of life <02416> .
HEBREW	hab <0935> hwat <08378> Myyx <02416> Uew <06086> bl <03820> hlxm <02470> hksmm <04900> tlxwt (13:12) <08431>

NETBible

Hope¹ deferred² makes the heart sick,³ but a longing fulfilled⁴ is like⁵ a tree of life.

NET Notes

¹sn The word “hope” (תּוֹחֶלֶת [tokhelet] from יָחַל [yakhal]) also has the implication of a tense if not anxious wait.

²tn The verb is the Pual participle from מָשַׁךְ (mashakh,“to draw; to drag”).

³sn Failure in realizing one’s hopes can be depressing or discouraging. People can bear frustration only so long (W. G. Plaut, Proverbs, 153).

⁴tn Heb “a desire that comes”; cf. CEV “a wish that comes true.”

⁵tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied for the sake of clarity.