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Proverbs 23:5

Money and wealthContentmentWisdom

3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

7 for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

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BSB
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
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.
WEB
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
ASV
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Will you make your eyes fly onto it, and it is not there? For it certainly makes for itself wings like an eagle [and] flies away [to] the heavens!
ÅB
Når du vender øynene dine mot rikdommen, så er den borte. For den lager seg vinger som en ørn, og flyr mot himmelen.
OTB
Når du fester øynene på den, er den borte, for rikdom vil sikkert få vinger og fly til himmelen som en ørn.
B1930
Når du vender dine øine mot rikdommen, så er den borte. For den gjør sig visselig vinger, lik en ørn som flyver mot himmelen.

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