Bible:Proverbs 23:5

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Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Proverbs 23:5
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Hebrew עיניך בו ואיננו כי עשה יעשה־לו כנפים כנשר השמים׃ ף
Greek εαν επιστησης το σον ομμα προς αυτον ουδαμου φανειται κατεσκευασται γαρ αυτω πτερυγες ωσπερ αετου και υποστρεφει εις τον οικον του προεστηκοτος
Latin Ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas non potes habere, quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilæ et volabunt in cælum.
KJV Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
WEB Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.


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