Jeremiah 17:11

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BSB

Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

KJV

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

WEB

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

ASV

As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

DARBY

[As] the partridge sitteth on [eggs] it hath not laid, [so] is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.

BLB

[As] a partridge that broods and not having brought forth, [is] one making riches and not with justice; in the midst of his days it will leave him, and at his end he will become a fool.”

ÅB

Lik en rapphøne som samler unger den ikke har utklekket, er den som vinner rikdom, men ikke med rett; midt i sine dager skal han forlate den, og til sist skal han være en dåre.

OTB

Som en rapphøne som klekker egg den ikke har lagt, slik er den som samler rikdom urettferdig; midt i livet vil det forlate dem, og til slutt vil de bli avslørt som dårer.

B1930

Lik en rapphøne som samler unger den ikke har utklekket, er den som vinner rikdom, men ikke med rett; midt i sine dager skal han forlate den, og til sist skal han være en dåre.

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