Proverbs 23:5

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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.

Noyes Bible ☆

Wilt thou let thine eyes fly toward them? They are gone! For riches truly make to themselves wings; They fly away like the eagle toward heaven.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

When thou lettest merely thy eyes fly over it, it is no more: for it will ever make itself wings: like an eagle will it fly toward heaven.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

If you should fix your 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.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

If you should fix your 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.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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.

Revised Version ☆

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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.

World English Bible ☆

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Wilt thou let thine eynayim fly after that which is not? For such [wealth] certainly sprouts kenafayim (wings); they fly away as a nesher (eagle) toward Shomayim.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

هَلْ تُطَيِّرُ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَهُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ؟ لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَجْنِحَةً. كَٱلنَّسْرِ يَطِيرُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ပျောက်တတ်သောအရာကို စေ့စေ့မျက်မှောက် ပြုသင့်သလော။ အကယ်စင်စစ် ရွှေလင်းတသည် မိုဃ်းကောင်းကင်သို့ ပျံတတ်သကဲ့သို့၊ ထိုအရာသည် အတောင်တို့ကို လုပ်၍ပျံသွားတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ပျောက် တတ်သောအရာကို စေ့စေ့မျက်မှောက် ပြုသင့်သလော။ အကယ် စင်စစ်ရွှေလင်းတ သည် မိုဃ်း ကောင်းကင်သို့ ပျံတတ်သကဲ့သို့ ၊ ထို အရာသည် အတောင် တို့ကို လုပ် ၍ ပျံ သွားတတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Nawnetta ah anghma thaih hmuen to na khet maw? Tangtang ni van bangah kazawk tahmu baktih toengah, angraenghaih doeh pakhraeh tawnh moe, azawk ving.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

A taengah na mik na hoih la na hoih nama? Tedae om hae mahpawh. A phae cawn, cawn vetih, atha bangla vaan ah a ding lamni a ding eh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

A taengah na mik na hoih la na hoih nama? Tedae om hae mahpawh. A phae cawn, cawn vetih, atha bangla vaan ah a ding lamni a ding eh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

你岂要定睛在虚无的 钱财上吗？ 因 钱财必长翅膀，如鹰向天飞去。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

你豈要定睛在虛無的 錢財上嗎？ 因 錢財必長翅膀，如鷹向天飛去。

World Chinese Bible ☆

你为何定睛于那并不存在的东西呢？ 因为财富必像鹰长出翅膀，飞向天空。

Croatian Bible ☆

usmjeriš li oči prema njemu, njega već nema jer načini sebi krila kao orao i odleti u nebo.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

K bohatství-liž bys obrátil oči své? Poněvadž v náhle mizí; nebo sobě zdělalo křídla podobná orličím, a zaletuje k nebi.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Skal dit Blik flyve efter den uden at finde den? Visselig gør den sig Vinger som Ørnen, der flyver mod Himlen.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Zult gij uw ogen laten vliegen op hetgeen niets is? Want het zal zich gewisselijk vleugelen maken gelijk een arend, die naar den hemel vliegt.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Zodra ge uw zinnen daarop zet, Is hij al heen! Want hij maakt zich vleugels, En vliegt als een arend de lucht in.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉu vi direktos viajn okulojn al ĝi? ĝi jam ne ekzistos; Ĉar riĉeco faras al si flugilojn kiel aglo, kaj forflugas al la ĉielo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Jetteras-tu tes yeux sur elles ?… Déjà elles ne sont plus ; car certes elles se font des ailes, et, comme l’aigle, s’envolent vers les cieux.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Pourquoi jeter les yeux sur des biens qui bientôt ne seront plus? Car certainement ils se feront des ailes, comme l'aigle qui s'envole vers les cieux.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Veux-tu poursuivre du regard ce qui va disparaître? Car la richesse se fait des ailes, Et comme l’aigle, elle prend son vol vers les cieux.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Pourquoi fixer tes yeux sur ce qui n'est rien ? Car la richesse se fait des ailes, et comme l'aigle, elle s'envole vers le ciel.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Willst du deine Augen darauf hinfliegen lassen, und siehe, fort ist es? Denn sicherlich schafft es sich Flügel gleich dem Adler, der gen Himmel fliegt.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Laß dein Augen nicht fliegen nach dem, was du nicht haben kannst; denn dasselbe macht sich Flügel wie ein Adler und fliegt gen Himmel.

German Textbibel ☆

Sollen deine Augen auf den Reichtum losfliegen, er aber verschwunden sein? Denn gewißlich verschafft er sich Flügel, wie ein Adler, der gen Himmel fliegt.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Kaum hast du dein Auge darauf geworfen, so ist er nicht mehr da; denn sicherlich schafft er sich Flügel wie ein Adler, der gen Himmel fliegt.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

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

Brenton Septuagint ☆

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Paske, anvan ou bat je ou, li gen tan disparèt. Ou ta di lajan gen zèl. Li rete konsa, li vole, li ale.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E kau anei oe i kou mau maka ma ka mea e ole ana? No ka mea, e hana io no ia mea i mau eheu nona iho; Me he aeto la e lele aku ai i ka lewa.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

*הֲתָעוּף (הֲתָ֤עִיף) עֵינֶ֥יךָ בֹּ֗ו וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־לֹּ֣ו כְנָפַ֑יִם כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר *וְעָיֵף (יָע֥וּף) הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פ

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

התעוף עיניך בו ואיננו כי עשה יעשה לו כנפים כנשר ועיף השמים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

In un batter d'occhio le ricchezze non sono più; Perciocchè ad un tratto si fanno delle ale; E sono come un'aquila, che se ne vola in aria.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Vuoi tu fissar lo sguardo su ciò che scompare? Giacché la ricchezza si fa dell’ali, come l’aquila che vola verso il cielo.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

消えうせるものに、なぜ目を留めるのか。 富は必ず翼を生やし、鷲のように空へ飛び去る。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

네가 어찌 허무한 것에 주목하겠느냐 정녕히 재물은 날개를 내어 하늘에 나는 독수리처럼 날아가리라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mani lom uh ku in wanginla ke kitin pacl na — oana in oasr posohksok kac, na sohkla oana sie eagle.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas non potes habere, quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilæ, et volabunt in cælum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

آیا چشمان خود را بر آن خواهی دوخت که نیست می‌باشد؟ زیرا که دولت البته برای خودبالها می‌سازد، و مثل عقاب در آسمان می‌پرد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Por que você fixaria os seus olhos naquilo que não é nada? Pois certamente a riqueza cria asas para si mesma, como a águia que voa pelos céus.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Porás teus olhos fixos sobre aquilo que é nada? Porque certamente se fará asas, e voará ao céu como uma águia.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Îți vei aținti ochii asupra a ceva ce nu este? Fiindcă bogățiile cu siguranță își fac aripi; ele zboară departe ca o acvilă spre cer.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Абя ць-ай арункат окий спре еа, ши ну май есте; кэч богэция ышь фаче арипь ши, ка вултурул, ышь я зборул спре черурь.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Устремишь глаза твои на него, и - его уже нет; потому что оно сделает себе крылья и, как орел, улетит к небу.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Hoćeš li baciti oči svoje na ono čega brzo nestaje? Jer načini sebi krila i kao orao odleti u nebo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Хоћеш ли бацити очи своје на оно чега брзо нестаје? Јер начини себи крила и као орао одлети у небо.

Mashi Bible ☆

Obuhirhi obukonolîre amasù, orhabubwîni. Bulyâla kwo bujira ebyûbi nk’ikozi, lyo liyâkira oku nkuba.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, siendo ningunas? porque hacerse han alas, como alas de águila, y volarán al cielo.

Spanish BLL ☆

¿Para qué poner los ojos en riquezas que desaparecen? Ciertamente les salen alas como de águila y se van volando al cielo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

¿Has de poner tus ojos en lo que no es nada? Porque ciertamente le saldrán alas como de águila, y volará al cielo.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

¿Se te alzan los ojos? se ha ido: porque la riqueza se harán alas, como un águila en vuelo hacia el cielo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Si les diriges una mirada, ya no están. Les salieron alas como un águila que vuela a los cielos.

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Revised West Version ☆

He te ke sio fakamamaʻu ki he meʻa ʻoku ʻikai? He ko e moʻoni ʻoku ngaohi ʻe he koloa hono kapakau; ʻoku puna atu ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale ki he langi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Подивишся на них, а їх уже й немає; багацтво бо собі, мов крила, поробить, та, немов орел, ід небу полине.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Подивишся на них, а їх уже й немає; багацтво бо собі, мов крила, поробить, та, немов орел, ід небу полине.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Con há liếc mắt vào sự giàu có sao? Nó đã chẳng còn nữa rồi; Vì nó quả hẳn có mọc cánh, Và bay lên trên trời như chim ưng vậy.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

התעוף עֵינֶ֥יךָ בּ֗וֹ וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֣וֹ כְנָפַ֑יִם כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר ועיף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פ