24For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.


In Context

21 A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

24 For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

26 Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats,

Proverbs 27:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:24For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:24for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:24For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:24For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:24for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:24For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:24for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:24For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?