Proverbs 23:4-5
English Standard Version
4 (A)Do not toil to acquire wealth;
(B)be discerning enough to desist.
5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
(C)for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:4-5
King James Version
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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Proverbs 23:4-5
New King James Version
4 (A)Do not overwork to be rich;
(B)Because of your own understanding, cease!
5 [a]Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:5 Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?
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