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Proverbs 23:4–5

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4Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; z

stop giving your attention to it.

5As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, a

for it makes wings for itself

and flies like an eagle to the sky.

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Cross references

  1. z23:4 Pr 15:27; 28:20; Mt 6:19; 1Tm 6:9–10; Heb 13:5
  2. a23:5 Pr 27:24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not toil to acquire wealth;

be discerning enough to desist.

When your eyes light on it, it is gone,

for suddenly it sprouts wings,

flying like an eagle toward heaven.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;

do not trust your own cleverness.

Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,

for they will surely sprout wings

and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;

because you know better, stop!

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,

for it makes wings for itself

and flies like an eagle to the sky.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.

Be wise enough to know when to quit.

In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,

for it will sprout wings

and fly away like an eagle.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not tire in order to become rich;

out of your understanding, may you desist.

Your eyes will alight on it, but there is nothing to it,

for suddenly it will make for itself wings

like an eagle and it will be exhausted in the heavens.

KJV 1900King James Version

Labour not to be rich:

Cease from thine own wisdom.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?

For riches certainly make themselves wings;

They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.