KJV King James Version
[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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Jeremiah 17:11
[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
WEB World English Bible
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
ASV American Standard Version
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end—he is a fool.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 17
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.
11 [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
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קֹרֵ֤אH7124 · qo.repartridgeדָגַר֙H1716 · da.garto gatherוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיָלָ֔דH3205 · ya.ladto begetעֹ֥שֶׂהH6213 · a.sahto make: doעֹ֖שֶׁרH6239 · o.sherrichesוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotבְמִשְׁפָּ֑טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementבַּחֲצִ֤יH2677 · che.tsihalfיָמָיו֙H3117 · yomdayיַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּH5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeוּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹH319 · a.cha.ritendיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beנָבָֽל׃H5036 · na.valfoolish
Cross-references
Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].Jeremiah 22:13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.Proverbs 28:22He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:Psalm 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.Habakkuk 2:6-12Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!Titus 1:11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.Zephaniah 1:9In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.Proverbs 13:11Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.Ecclesiastes 5:13-16There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.Micah 2:1-2Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.James 5:3-5Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.Zechariah 7:9-13Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:Luke 12:20But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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