Verse List for PROV 23:5

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OET (OET-RV) You glance at wealth then it’ll be gone, ⇔ because it’ll make wings for itself and fly away into the sky like an eagle.

OET-LV Do_you _cause _to _fly[fn] eyes _of_your in/on/over_him/it and_not _existing_he if/because surely _(make) it _makes for_him/it wings like_an _eagle and[fn] the_heavens.

ULT Will you cause your eyes to fly to it, but it is not there? ⇔ For making, it will make wings for itself; ⇔ like an eagle, it will fly, into the sky.

UST As soon as you look at that wealth, it will surely be gone! ⇔  This is because wealth certainly disappears quickly as if it had wings ⇔  and flew off into the sky like a fast bird.

BSB & MSB When you glance [at wealth], it disappears, ⇔  for it makes wings for itself ⇔  and flies like an eagle to the sky.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, ⇔ for they surely make wings for themselves, ⇔ and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

LSV For wealth makes wings to itself,
It flies to the heavens as an eagle.

FBV It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.

T4T because as soon as you look [MTY] at all the money that you have acquired, it will be gone; ⇔  it will disappear as if it suddenly grew wings [SIM] ⇔  and flew up into the sky like an eagle.

LEB • Your eyes will alight[fn] 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.

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.

Moff wealth is no sooner seen than gone, ⇔  it makes wings for itself ⇔  like an eagle flying skyward.

JPS Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth 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.

DRA Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

YLT For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Drby 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.

RV Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
(Wilt/Will thou/you set thine/your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth/flies toward heaven.)

SLT Wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it and it is not? for making, it will make to it wings; as an eagle and it flew to the heavens.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.[fn]
(Wilt/Will thou/you set thine/your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.)

KJB-1611 [fn]Wilt thou set thine eyes vpon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselues wings, they fly away as an Eagle toward heauen.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps 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.
(Wilt/Will thou/you set thine/your eye upon the thing which suddenly vanisheth away? For riches make themselves wings, and take their flight like an Eagle into the ayre.)

Gnva 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.
(Wilt/Will thou/you cast thine/your eyes upon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh/takes her to her wings, as an eagle, and flieth/flies into the heaven.)

Cvdl 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.
(Why wilt/will thou/you set thine/your eye upon ye/you_all thing, which suddenly vanisheth away? For riches make themselves wings, and take their flight like an Eagle in to ye/you_all ayre.)

Wycl Reise not thin iyen to richessis, whiche thou maist not haue; for tho schulen make to hem silf pennes, as of an egle, and tho schulen flee in to heuene.
(Raise not thin eyes to riches, which thou/you mayest/may not haue; for those should make to themself pennes, as of an eagle, and those should flee in to heaven.)

Luth Laß deine Augen nicht fliegen dahin, das du nicht haben kannst; denn dasselbe macht ihm Flügel wie ein Adler und fleugt gen Himmel.
(Let your eyes not fly gone, the you(sg) not have can; because/than the_same power him wing as/like a eagle(s) and flies(v) to/toward heaven.)

ClVg Ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas non potes habere, quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilæ, et volabunt in cælum.
(Don’t erigas the_eyes yours to wealth which not/no you_can to_have, because they_will_do to_himself wings as_if eagles, and volabunt in/into/on the_sky.)

UHB הֲתָ֤עִיף [fn] עֵינֶ֥י⁠ךָ בּ֗⁠וֹ וְֽ⁠אֵ֫ינֶ֥⁠נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֣⁠וֹ כְנָפַ֑יִם כְּ֝⁠נֶ֗שֶׁר יָע֥וּף [fn] הַ⁠שָּׁמָֽיִם׃פ ‡

BrLXX Ἐὰν ἐπιστήσῃς τὸ σὸν ὄμμα πρὸς αὐτὸν, οὐδαμοῦ φανεῖται· κατεσκεύασται γὰρ αὐτῷ πτέρυγες ὥσπερ ἀετοῦ, καὶ ὑποστρέφει εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ προεστηκότος αὐτοῦ.

BrTr If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.