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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

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.

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 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.

English Publications (1950-2021)