Proverbs 27:24
Modern Translations
New International Version
for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

New Living Translation
for riches don’t last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.

English Standard Version
for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

Berean Study Bible
for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

New American Standard Bible
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

NASB 1995
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

NASB 1977
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

Amplified Bible
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

Christian Standard Bible
for wealth is not forever; not even a crown lasts for all time.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for wealth is not forever; not even a crown lasts for all time.

Contemporary English Version
because wealth and honor don't last forever.

Good News Translation
because wealth is not permanent. Not even nations last forever.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Wealth is not forever. Nor does a crown last from one generation to the next.

International Standard Version
because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.

NET Bible
for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

New King James Version
For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

King James 2000 Bible
For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

New Heart English Bible
for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

World English Bible
for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

American King James Version
For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

American Standard Version
For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

A Faithful Version
For riches are not forever; nor does the crown endure to every generation.

Darby Bible Translation
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?

English Revised Version
For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations?

Webster's Bible Translation
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For riches abideth not alway, and the crowne endureth not for euer.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For riches abyde not allwaye, & the crowne endureth not for euer.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For riches [are] not for all time, "" Nor a crown to generation and generation.

Young's Literal Translation
For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

Smith's Literal Translation
For not strength forever, and not consecration to generation and generation.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

Catholic Public Domain Version
for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because dominion is not forever, neither is it delivered generation to generation.

Lamsa Bible
Possessions are not for ever; nor can riches be handed down from one generation to another.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.
















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