Proverbs 23:4
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Acquire Care Cause Cease Consideration Desire Desist End Enough Eyes Fly Gain Labour Money Restraint Rich Show Thyself Toil Understanding Wealth Wear Weary Wisdom Wise
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Acquire Care Cause Cease Consideration Desire Desist End Enough Eyes Fly Gain Labour Money Restraint Rich Show Thyself Toil Understanding Wealth Wear Weary Wisdom Wise
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English Standard Version
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.

New American Standard Bible
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it.

King James Bible
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it.

International Standard Version
Don't exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to stop.

NET Bible
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not come near a rich man, but in wisdom, separate from him;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do not wear yourself out getting rich. Be smart enough to stop.

King James 2000 Bible
Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.

American King James Version
Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.

American Standard Version
Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

Darby Bible Translation
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

English Revised Version
Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

Webster's Bible Translation
Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.

World English Bible
Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Young's Literal Translation
Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
Lexicon
Labour
yaga`  (yaw-gah')
to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil -- faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
not to be rich
`ashar  (aw-shar')
to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich -- be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg).
cease
chadal  (khaw-dal')
to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle -- cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
from thine own wisdom
biynah  (bee-naw')
understanding -- knowledge, meaning, perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
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