(A)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth;
[a](B)Stop dwelling on it.
[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.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 23:4 Lit Refrain from your understanding of it
  2. Proverbs 23:5 Lit Will your eyes fly upon it and it is not?

Weary not thyself to be rich;
Cease [a]from thine own wisdom.
[b]Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings,
Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 23:4 Or, by reason of thine own understanding
  2. Proverbs 23:5 Or, Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone: Hebrew Shall thine eyes fly upon it, and it is not?