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Jeremiah 17:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jeremiah 17:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 A partridge that broods but does not hatch
are those who acquire wealth unjustly:
In midlife it will desert them;
in the end they are only fools.(A)
Jeremiah 17:11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Jeremiah 17:11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
11 Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay,
so are all who amass wealth unjustly;
in mid-life it will leave them,
and at their end they will prove to be fools.
Jeremiah 17:11
Common English Bible
Jeremiah 17:11
Common English Bible
11 Like a partridge gathering a brood that is not its own,
so are those who acquire their wealth corruptly.
By midlife it will be gone;
afterward they will look like fools.
Jeremiah 17:11
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah 17:11
New American Standard Bible
11 As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is a person who (A)makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the middle of his days it will abandon him,
And in [a]the end he will be a (B)fool.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:11 Lit his
Jeremiah 17:11
New International Version
Jeremiah 17:11
New International Version
11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
and in the end they will prove to be fools.(A)
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