Proverbs 27:24

In 11 translations

BSB

for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

KJV

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?riches: Heb. strengthto…: Heb. to generation and generation?

WEB

for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.

ASV

For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

LSV

For riches [are] not for all time, || Nor a crown to generation and generation.

YLT

For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

DBY

for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?

DRC

For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

GNV

For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

JPS

For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations?

LXXE

For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לְעוֹלָ֣ם חֹ֑סֶן וְאִם־נֵ֝֗זֶר לְד֣וֹר דור׃Read aloud as (qere): וָדֽוֹר

LXX-Br

Ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀνδρὶ κράτος καὶ ἰσχὺς, οὐδὲ παραδίδωσιν ἐκ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεάν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
• 1 Timothy 6:17–18Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be…
• Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on…
• Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
• Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore.…
• 2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
• James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

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