Proverbs 23:2-5 in English

² And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

⁴ Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

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

² and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats: but if thou art very insatiable,

³ desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.

⁴ If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.

⁵ If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.

² And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

⁴ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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.

² And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

⁴ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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.

² and apply your hand, knowing that it behoves you to prepare such meats: but if you are very insatiable,

³ desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.

⁴ If you are poor, measure not yourself with a rich man; but refrain yourself in your wisdom.

⁵ If you should fix your eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.

² And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful meat.

⁴ Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

⁵ Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

² Even if you ◄have a big appetite/want to eat a lot of food►, restrain yourself.

³ Do not want to eat a lot of his fine food, because he may be trying to trick you.

⁴ Do not cause yourself to become very tired by working very hard to become rich; be wise and stop doing that,

⁵ because as soon as you look MTY at all the money that you have acquired, it will be gone; it will disappear as if it suddenly grew wings SIM and flew up into the sky like an eagle.

² and apply your hand, knowing that it behoves you to prepare such meats: but if you are very insatiable,

³ desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.

⁴ If you are poor, measure not yourself with a rich man; but refrain yourself in your wisdom.

⁵ If you should fix your eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.

² put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

² put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

² put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

² And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

³ Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

⁴ Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

⁵ Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

² and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

⁴ Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

⁵ wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

² And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.

³ Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.

⁴ Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

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.

² and cut down if you have a big appetite.

³ Don't be greedy for his fancy food, for it's offered with deceptive motives.

⁴ Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich—be wise enough not to bother!

⁵ It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.

² And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.

⁴ Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.

⁵ Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.

² And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.

⁴ Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

⁵ Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

² And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties: For they are deceitful meat.

⁴ Labour not to be rich: Cease from thine own wisdom.

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.

² For thou puttest a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man of a craving desire.

³ Do not long for his savory meats; they are deceitful food.

⁴ Fatigue thyself not to become rich; because thou hast understanding, forbear.

⁵ When thou lettest merely thy eyes fly over it, it is no more: for it will ever make itself wings: like an eagle will it fly toward heaven.

² And apply thy hand, Knowing that it behooves thee to prepare such meats: But if thou art very insatiable,

³ desire not his provisions; For these belong to a false life.

⁴ If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; But refrain thyself in thy wisdom.

⁵ If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, And he returns to the house of his master.

² For thou wilt put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man given to appetite!

³ Long not for his dainties. For they are deceitful meat.

⁴ Toil not to become rich; Cease from this, thy wisdom.

⁵ Wilt thou let thine eyes fly toward them? They are gone! For riches truly make to themselves wings; They fly away like the eagle toward heaven.

² put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

² and put a knife to your throat if you are a person who likes to eat a lot of food.

³ Do not crave his delicacies, for it is the food of lies.

⁴ Do not work too hard to gain wealth; be wise enough to know when to stop.

⁵ Will you let your eyes light upon it? It will be gone, for it will surely take up wings like an eagle and fly off to the sky.

² put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

² put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

² And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.

⁴ Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.

⁵ Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.

² put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

² put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

² and set thou a coulter in thy throat. If nevertheless thou hast power on thy soul,

³ desire thou not of his meats, in whom is the bread of lying.

⁴ Do not thou travail to be made rich, but set thou measure to thy prudence.

⁵ Raise not thine eyes to riches, which thou mayest not have; for those or they shall make to them-selves pens or wings, as of an eagle, and they shall fly into heaven.

² and set thou a coulter in thy throat. If nevertheless thou hast power on thy soul, (and set thou a knife at thy own throat, if thou hast not power over thy self.)

³ desire thou not of his meats, in whom is the bread of lying. (Do not thou desire any of his food, for he is not what he seemeth to be or for this is not what it seemeth to be.)

⁴ Do not thou travail to be made rich, but set thou measure to thy prudence. (Do not thou labour to be made rich, but set thou a limit to what thou can achieve.)

⁵ Raise not thine eyes to riches, which thou mayest not have; for those shall make to themselves pens, as of an eagle, and they shall fly into heaven. (Raise not up thine eyes to riches, which thou cannot hold onto; for they shall make wings for themselves, like an eagle, and they shall fly away into the heavens.)

² And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.

³ Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.

⁴ Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

⁵ For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.