Proverbs 27:24
22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
23 Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
25 When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
- KJV
- For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
- WEB
- for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
- ASV
- For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
- DARBY
- for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
- BLB
- for riches [are] not forever, nor [is] a diadem for all generations.
- ÅB
- For gods varer ikke til evig tid, og en krone ikke gjennom alle slekter.
- OTB
- for rikdom varer ikke evig, og heller ikke en krone til alle generasjoner.
- B1930
- For gods varer ikke til evig tid, og en krone ikke gjennem alle slekter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 23:5
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17–18
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
Read in contextJames 1:10
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Read in contextIsaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
Read in contextPsalms 89:36
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
Read in context2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
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