Proverbs 23:5
Proverbs 23:4-5 The Message (MSG)
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; restrain yourself! Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.
Proverbs 23:5 King James Version (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.
Proverbs 23:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Proverbs 23:5 New Century Version (NCV)
Wealth can vanish in the wink of an eye. It can seem to grow wings and fly away like an eagle.
Proverbs 23:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:5 New International Version (NIV)
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.
Proverbs 23:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies to the heavens.
Proverbs 23:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.