Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs 27:24 in other translations
| BSB | for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. |
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| 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? |
| YLT | For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. |
| DARBY | for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation? |
| BBE | For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations. |
| Webster | For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? |
What does Proverbs 27:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 27:23-24
23-24. flocks--constituted the staple of wealth. It is only by care and diligence that the most solid possessions can be perpetuated (Pr 23:5).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 27:23-27
We ought to have some business to do in this world, and not to live in idleness, and not to meddle with what we do not understand. We must be diligent and take pains. Let us do what we can, still the world cannot be secured to us, therefore we must choose a more lasting portion; but by the blessing of God upon our honest labours, we may expect to enjoy as much of earthly blessings as is good for us.
Proverbs 27:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 27:24
- Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
- 1 Timothy 6:17-18
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
- James 1:10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
- Psalms 89:36
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
- 2 Samuel 7:16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
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Context
- Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
- Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
- Proverbs 27:25
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs 27:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque las riquezas no son para siempre; ¿y será la corona para perpetuas generaciones? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car l’abondance n’est pas pour toujours, et une couronne dure-t-elle de génération en génération? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Wohlstand ist nicht ewig; und währt eine Krone von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | non enim habebis jugiter potestatem, sed corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem. |