Proverbs 22:27 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁷ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ If thou hast nothing to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Common English Bible

²⁷ If you can’t repay, why should they be able to take your bed from you?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed?

Proverbs 22:27 Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

And when the vessels were full, she said to her son: Bring me yet a vessel. And he answered: I have no more. And the oil stood.

Proverbs 20:16

3 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.