Verse 5

Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når du ser på rikdommen, vil den være borte; for den har sannelig fått vinger, som en ørn som flyr over himmelen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Setter du blikket på det som ikke er? For rikdom vil sikkert lage seg vinger; de flyr bort som en ørn mot himmelen.

• Norsk King James

  Vil du sette øynene dine på det som virkelig ikke betyr noe? For rikdom får vinger; de flyr bort som en ørn mot himmelen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Skulle du feste blikket på rikdommen, forsvinner den; den vil få vinger som en ørn og fly opp mot himmelen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vil du la blikket ditt fly mot rikdommen og så er den borte? For den vil skaffe seg vinger som en ørn og fly mot himmelen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vil du la øynene dine hvile på det som ikke er? For rikdom skaper seg vinger, de flyr bort som en ørn mot himmelen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Skal du rette blikket mot det som ikke finnes? For rikdom får virkelig vinger; den flyr bort som en ørn mot himmelen.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Vil du la øynene dine hvile på det som ikke er? For rikdom skaper seg vinger, de flyr bort som en ørn mot himmelen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vil du se på rikdom, er den borte; for den får vinger som en ørn og flyr mot himmelen.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Skal du la øynene dine fly over det han eier uten at det lenger er der? For rikdommen vil få vinger og fly bort som en ørn mot himmelen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Skulde du lade dine Øine flyve til det, da det ikke (bliver)? thi det skal visseligen gjøre sig Vinger, som en Ørn, der flyver til Himmelen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vil du rette blikket mot noe som ikke er der? For rikdom får vinger; de flyr bort som en ørn mot himmelen.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvorfor feste øynene på det som ikke er? For det får vinger som en ørn og flyr mot himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For rikdom lager seg vinger, som en ørn flyr den mot himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vil du feste øynene på det som ikke er? For rikdom flyr sikkert bort lik en ørn mot himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis du ser på rikdommen, er den borte: for rikdom får vinger og flyr som en ørn mot himmelen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? For riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Referenced Verses

• Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
• Jas 5:1-2 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
• 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.
• Gen 42:36 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'
• Job 1:14-17 : 14 a messenger came to Job and said, 'The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 when the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties, swept down on the camels, and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.'
• Ps 39:6 : 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
• Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Turn my heart toward Your testimonies and not toward selfish gain. 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.
• Eccl 1:2 : 2 “Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
• Eccl 5:13-14 : 13 Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit. 14 As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.
• Eccl 12:8 : 8 'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'
• Isa 55:2 : 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.
• Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.
• Matt 6:19 : 19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
• 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not. 30 Those who weep, as if they did not weep; those who rejoice, as if they did not rejoice; those who buy, as if they did not possess. 31 And those who use the things of this world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.