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Labor not to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth; Cease from your own understanding of it.
Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; because you know better, stop!
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; be smart enough to stop.
Don’t exhaust yourself in pursuit of wealth; be smart enough to desist.
Give up trying so hard to get rich.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
Don’t ruin your health trying to get rich. If you are smart, you will give it up.
7. Do not work so hard to become rich that you make yourself ill. Be wise and rest when you need to.
Do not wear yourself out getting rich. Have the good judgment to know when to stop.
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; be wise enough to ·control [stop] yourself.
Travail not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdom.
Do not wear yourself out getting rich. Be smart enough to stop.
Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it.
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise enough to control yourself.
Don’t exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to stop.
¶ Do not labour to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Because of your understanding, cease!
Do not tire in order to become rich; out of your understanding, may you desist.
Don’t weary yourself trying to get rich. Why waste your time? For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird!
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; restrain yourself! Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.
Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.
Do not wear yourself out getting rich. Be smart enough to stop.
Do not wear yourself out to gain wealth, cease to be worried about it;
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth; Stop dwelling on it.
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it.
Do not wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth, and cease even to think about it.
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; be wise enough to control yourself.
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Don’t wear yourself out to get rich. Don’t trust how wise you think you are.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!
Do not work hard to be rich. Stop trying to get things for yourself.
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise enough to know when to quit.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist.
Overwork not to get rich; cease from thine own binah (understanding).
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be wise enough to desist.
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be wise enough to desist.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Do not overwork yourself just to become wealthy; have enough sense to know when to quit.
Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
Do not thou travail to be made rich, but set thou measure to thy prudence. (Do not thou labour to be made rich, but set thou a limit to what thou can achieve.)
Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
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