5Lift 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.


In Context

2 And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.

3 Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.

4 Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

5 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.

6 Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

7 Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

Proverbs 23:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5wilt 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.