Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
In other versions
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
ASV
Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
BBE
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
DBY
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
WEB
Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life `is' the coming desire.
YLT
Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
ENG
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
WBT
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
BSB
In context
10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.