Proverbs 23:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wilt thou set{H5774} thine eyes{H5869} upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly{H6213} make{H6213} themselves wings,{H3671} Like an eagle{H5404} that flieth{H5774} toward heaven.{H8064}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wilt thou set{H5774}{(H8686)}{(H8675)}{H5774}{(H8799)} thine eyes{H5869} upon that which is not? for riches certainly{H6213}{(H8800)} make{H6213}{(H8799)} themselves wings{H3671}; they fly away{H5774}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H5774}{(H8687)} as an eagle{H5404} toward heaven{H8064}.

  • 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.

  • 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 are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation?
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
  • Jas 5:1-2 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
  • Job 1:14-17 : 14 And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 when the Sabeans raided them and took them away; and they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you." 16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you." 17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and carried them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
  • Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
  • Eccl 5:13-14 : 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none, 30 those who weep, as though they did not weep; those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; those who buy, as though they did not possess, 31 and those who use this world, as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.

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