Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

The miser is in a hurry to get wealthy, but he isn't aware that poverty will catch up with him.

New American Standard Bible

A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.

King James Version

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Holman Bible

A greedy man is in a hurry for wealth;
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.

A Conservative Version

He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

American Standard Version

he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

Amplified


He who has an evil and envious eye hurries to be rich
And does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Bible in Basic English

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

Darby Translation

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Julia Smith Translation

A man of evil eye hasted for riches, and knew not that want shall come upon him.

King James 2000

He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Modern King James verseion

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that will be rich all too soon, hath an evil eye; and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

NET Bible

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

New Heart English Bible

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

The Emphasized Bible

A man, hasting to be rich, hath an evil eye, and knoweth not when want may overtake him.

Webster

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

World English Bible

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

Youngs Literal Translation

Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

to be rich
הון 
Hown 
Usage: 26

חסר 
Checer 
Usage: 2


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

References

Hastings

Eye

Context Readings

All About Life

21 To show partiality isn't good, yet for a piece of bread the valiant will transgress. 22 The miser is in a hurry to get wealthy, but he isn't aware that poverty will catch up with him. 23 Whoever rebukes a man will later on find more favor than someone who flatters with his words.



Cross References

Proverbs 23:6

Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies,

Proverbs 28:20

The faithful man will prosper with blessings, but whoever is in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.

1 Timothy 6:9

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

Genesis 13:10-13

Lot looked around and noticed that the whole Jordan plain as far as Zoar was well-watered like the garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 19:17

Then one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back or stop anywhere on the plain. Escape to the hills, or you'll be swept away!"

Job 20:18-22

"He will restore what he has attained from his work and won't consume it; he won't enjoy the profits from his business transactions,

Job 27:16-17

"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,

Matthew 20:15

I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

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