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. More versionsKing 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. |