And Ya‛aqoḇ their father said to them, “You have bereaved me – Yosĕph is no more, and Shim‛on is no more, and you would take Binyamin! All this is against me.”
Proverbs 23:5 - The Scriptures 2009 Do you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle to the heavens. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. American Standard Version (1901) Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. Common English Bible When your eyes fly to wealth it is gone; it grows wings like an eagle and flies heavenward. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
And Ya‛aqoḇ their father said to them, “You have bereaved me – Yosĕph is no more, and Shim‛on is no more, and you would take Binyamin! All this is against me.”
He lies down, a rich man, but he is not gathered. When he opens his eyes, it is no more!
As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.
“Futility! Futility!” says Qoheleth. “Futility, futility, all is futile!”
“Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and your labour for what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to Me, and eat what is good, and let your being delight itself in fatness.
“But your eyes and your heart are only upon your own greedy gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and on doing violence.”
“Take him and look after him, and do no harm whatsoever to him, but do to him even as he shall speak to you.”
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living Elohim, who gives us richly all for enjoyment,
Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.