Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?
New American Standard Bible
Nor does a
King James Version
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Holman Bible
not even a crown lasts for all time.
International Standard Version
because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.
A Conservative Version
For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?
American Standard Version
For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
Amplified
For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
Bible in Basic English
For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
Julia Smith Translation
For not strength forever, and not consecration to generation and generation.
King James 2000
For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.
Modern King James verseion
For riches are not forever; nor the crown from generation to generation.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For riches abide not away, and the crown endureth not forever.
NET Bible
for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.
New Heart English Bible
for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
The Emphasized Bible
For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation: -
Webster
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
World English Bible
for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
Youngs Literal Translation
For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
Themes
Agriculture or husbandry » Requires » Diligence
Endurance » What does not endure
Riches » Described as » Temporary
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
23 Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: 24 for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation? 25 The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:5
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 Samuel 7:16
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
Psalm 89:36
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
Zephaniah 1:18
their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden end, shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.
1 Timothy 6:17-18
Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;
James 1:10
and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away.