Proverbs 23:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsProverbs 23:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
התעוף
ʻûwph
H5774
to fly
הֲתָ֤עִיף
ʻûwph
H5774
to fly
עֵינֶ֥יךָ
ʻayin
H5869
eye
בּ֗וֹ
וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ
ʼayin
H369
nothing
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
עָשֹׂ֣ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
יַעֲשֶׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לּ֣וֹ
כְנָפַ֑יִם
kânâph
H3671
wing
כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר
nesher
H5404
eagle
ועיף
ʻûwph
H5774
to fly
יָע֥וּף
ʻûwph
H5774
to fly
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
shâmayim
H8064
heaven
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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King James Version Public Domain
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Will you cause your eyes to fly to it, but it is not there? For making, it will make wings for itself; like an eagle, it will fly the sky.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).