Proverbs 23:5
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23:5When you gaze upon riches,9 they are gone,
for they surely make wings for themselves,
and fly off into the sky like an eagle!10
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- 9 The Kethib is הֲתָעוּף (hata’uf), “do your eyes fly [light] on it?” The Qere is the Hiphil, הֲתָעִיף (hata’if) “do you cause your eyes to fly on it?” But the line is difficult. The question may be indirect: If you cast your eyes on it, it is gone—when you think you are close, it slips away. The term “riches” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation based on the previous verse.
- 10 This seventh saying warns people not to expend all their energy trying to get rich because riches are fleeting (cf. Instruction of Amememope, chap. 7, 9:10–11 which says, “they have made themselves wings like geese and have flown away to heaven”). In the ancient world the symbol of birds flying away signified fleeting wealth.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
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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.
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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.
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NLTNew Living Translation
In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
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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.
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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.
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