Proverbs 23:4-8
New Living Translation
4 Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
5 In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
6 Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
7 They are always thinking about how much it costs.[a]
“Eat and drink,” they say, but they don’t mean it.
8 You will throw up what little you’ve eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
Footnotes
- 23:7 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Proverbs 23:4-8
New American Standard Bible
4 (A)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth;
[a](B)Stop dwelling on it.
5 [b]When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For (C)wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
6 (D)Do not eat the bread of [c]a (E)selfish person;
Or desire his delicacies;
7 For as he [d]thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But (F)his heart is not with you.
8 You will (G)vomit up [e]the morsel you have eaten
And waste your [f]compliments.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:4 Lit Refrain from your understanding of it
- Proverbs 23:5 Lit Will your eyes fly upon it and it is not?
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
- Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
- Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
- Proverbs 23:8 Lit pleasant words
Proverbs 23:4-8
New International Version
Saying 8
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
do not trust your own cleverness.
5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,(A)
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.(B)
Saying 9
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is
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