There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Jeremiah 17:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch and sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches by unjust means and not by right. He will leave them, or they will leave him, in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool. American Standard Version (1901) As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool. Common English Bible Like a partridge gathering a brood that is not its own, so are those who acquire their wealth corruptly. By midlife it will be gone; afterward they will look like fools. Catholic Public Domain Version A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days he shall leave them: and in his latter end he shall be a fool. |
There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;
But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the Kohen everyone deals falsely.
Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the Kohen every one deals falsely.
*Indeed they don't know to do right,* says the LORD, *Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.*
You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
I will cause it to go out,* says the LORD of Armies, *and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.*
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me,* says the LORD of Armies.
*Woe to you, scribes and Perushim, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
*But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.
having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.