Proverbs 23:5
Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas non potes habere, quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilæ, et volabunt in cælum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐὰν ἐπιστήσῃς τὸ σὸν ὄμμα πρὸς αὐτόν, οὐδαμοῦ πεσεῖται· κατεσκεύασται γὰρ αὐτῷ πτέρυγες ὥσπερ ἀετοῦ, καὶ ὑποστρέφει εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ προεστηκότος αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- התעוף עֵינֶ֥יךָ בּ֗וֹ וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה לּ֣וֹ כְנָפַ֑יִם כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר ועיף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
Haydock's commentary
Riches. Septuagint, "to him, the rich man, he no where appears. He has prepared," &c. (Haydock)
Like. Hebrew, "as the eagle, it will fly," &c. (Haydock)
We must therefore fix our hearts on more durable goods.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.