NET Bible
"When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!"
— Proverbs 23:5, NET Bible
“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”
“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? Forrichescertainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. ”
“Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.”
“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.”
“Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.”
“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.