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.
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.
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.