| Proverbs 23:5 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Will you catch only a fleeting glimpse of wealth before it is gone? It makes wings for itself like an eagle flying into the sky.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. |
| ASV: | Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. |
| BBE: | Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven. |
| DBY: | wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens. |
| ERV: | Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. |
| JPS: | Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. |
| WBS: | Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven. |
| WEB: | Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. |
| YLT: | For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens. |
| Proverbs 23:5 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 27:24 For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
1 Timothy 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 23:5 Set thine eyes - Look upon it with earnestness and desire. Is not - Which has no solid and settled being. Eagle - Swiftly, strongly, and irrecoverably. |
| MHC: | 23:1-3 God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm. 4,5. Be not of those that will be rich. The things of this world are not happiness and a portion for a soul; those that hold them ever so fast, cannot hold them always, cannot hold them long. 6-8. Do not make thyself burdensome to any, especially those not sincere. When we are called by God to his feast, and to let our souls delight themselves, Isa 25:6; 55:2, we may safely partake of the Bread of life. 9. It is our duty to take all fit occasions to speak of Divine things; but if what a wise man says will not be heard, let him hold his peace. 10,11. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he is mighty, almighty. |
| CONC: | Certainly Eagle Flies Flieth Flight Fly Flying Glance Heaven Heavens Indeed Itself Lifted Makes Maketh Riches Sky Sprout Sprouts Suddenly Surely Takes Themselves Towards Wealth Wilt Wings |
| PREV: | Cast Eagle Eyes Flies Flieth Flight Fly Flying Glance Heaven Heavens Indeed Itself Light Makes Maketh Riches Sky Sprout Sprouts Suddenly Surely Themselves Towards Wealth Wilt Wings |
| NEXT: | Cast Eagle Eyes Flies Flieth Flight Fly Flying Glance Heaven Heavens Indeed Itself Light Makes Maketh Riches Sky Sprout Sprouts Suddenly Surely Themselves Towards Wealth Wilt Wings |
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