Proverbs 27:24
because the money that you acquired from selling animals previously will not ◄last/stay with you► forever; similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
In Context
23Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle,
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:14But now because of what you have done, you will die, and after you die, none of your descendants will rule. Yahweh is seeking for a man to be king who will be just the kind of person that he wants him to be, so that he can appoint him to be the leader of his people. Yahweh will do this because you have not obeyed what he commanded.”
Psalms 89:36I promised that the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun shines.
Proverbs 23:5because as soon as you look [MTY] at all the money that you have acquired, it will be gone; it will disappear as if it suddenly grew wings [SIM] and flew up into the sky like an eagle.
Isaiah 9:7His rule, and the peace that he brings/causes, will never end. He will rule [MTY] fairly and justly [DOU], like his ancestor King David did. This will happen because the Commander of the armies of angels greatly desires that it happen.
1 Timothy 6:17Tell the believers who are rich here in this present world that they should not be proud, and that they should not trust in their many possessions, because they cannot be certain how long they will have them. Teach them that instead of trusting in their wealth, they should trust in God. He is the one who generously gives us everything we have in order that we may enjoy it.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:24-27
The Reward of Prudence. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. Here is, I. A command given us… Read the whole commentary →