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Proverbs 23:5

הֲתָעִ֣יף עֵ֭ינֶיךָ בּ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵינֶ֗נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֥ה יַעֲשֶׂה לּ֣וֹ כְנָפַ֣יִם כְּנֶ֣שֶׁר וָ֑עָף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
King James Version (KJV)

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Modern English

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Hebrew

הֲתָעִ֣יף עֵ֭ינֶיךָ בּ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵינֶ֗נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֥ה יַעֲשֶׂה לּ֣וֹ כְנָפַ֣יִם כְּנֶ֣שֶׁר וָ֑עָף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

hataʿiyf ʿeyneyka bvo vʾeynenv kiy ʿashoh yaʿasheh lvo knapayim knesher vaʿaf hashamayim

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