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Proverbs 23:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 When you cast your eyes on it, it is not there,+
  For it will surely sprout wings like an eagle and fly off into the sky.+

Proverbs 23:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 Have you caused your eyes to glance at it, when it is nothing?+ For without fail it makes wings for itself like those of an eagle and flies away toward the heavens.+

Proverbs 23:5

The Bible in Living English
- 5 *** Your eyes fly to it and it is not there,
  because riches take wing
  like a vulture flying into the sky.

Proverbs 23:5

American Standard Version
- 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Proverbs 23:5

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon when it is nothing? For it will surely make itself wings, Like an eagle will it wing its way across the heavens.

Proverbs 23:5

King James Version
- 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.