Proverbs 23:5

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

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Other Translations of Proverbs 23:5

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

⁵ When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

The Message

⁵ Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.

New King James Version

⁵ Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

New Living Translation

⁵ In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:5

Commentary on Proverbs 23:4-5

(Read Proverbs 23:4-5)

Be not of those that will be rich. The things of this world are not happiness and a portion for a soul; those that hold them ever so fast, cannot hold them always, cannot hold them long.