Parallel Verses

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.

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.

International Standard Version

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

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 {Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong. 22 He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him. 23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.

Proverbs 28:20

A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.

Genesis 13:10-13

And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw the whole plain of the Jordan, that all of it [was] well-watered land--[this was] before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt {in the direction of} Zoar.

Genesis 19:17

And after bringing them outside [one] said, "Flee for your life; do not look behind you, and do not stand anywhere in the plain. Flee to the mountains lest you be destroyed."

Job 20:18-22

Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy},

Job 27:16-17

If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,

Matthew 20:15

Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with [what is] mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?'

Mark 7:22

adulteries, [acts of] greed, malicious [deeds], deceit, licentiousness, {envy}, abusive speech, pride, foolishness.

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