He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
WEB
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
YLT
Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
DBT
He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.