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Proverbs 23:5

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5Do you make your eyes fly up to see it? But it is not there!

Because ait certainly makes itself wings

Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

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Cross references

  1. aProv 27:24; 1 Tim 6:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When your eyes light on it, it is gone,

for suddenly it sprouts wings,

flying like an eagle toward heaven.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

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

In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,

for it will sprout wings

and fly away like an eagle.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?

For riches certainly make themselves wings;

They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.