Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

for wealth is not forever;
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.

Darby Translation

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

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חסן 
Chocen 
Usage: 5

are not for ever
עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

and doth the crown
נזר נזר 
Nezer 
Usage: 25

דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

References

Context Readings

All About Life

23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks and attend to your herds. 24 For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
25 The hay appears and the tender grass shows itself. Herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:5

Will you look for things that do not exist? Riches grow wings and fly away like a bird.

2 Samuel 7:16

I will make sure that one of your descendants will be king for a very long time. Your throne will be established from generation to generation.'

Psalm 89:36

His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the Day of Jehovah's anger (rage) (wrath). He will devour all the nations by the fire of his zeal! He will exterminate all the inhabitants of the earth!

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

James 1:10

But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.

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