箴言 27:24

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

因為財富不是永恆的，冠冕也不能存到萬代。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
因 为 资 财 不 能 永 有 ， 冠 冕 岂 能 存 到 万 代 ？

Contextual Overview

²³ Be sure you know how your sheep are doing, and pay attention to the condition of your cattle. ²⁴ Riches will not go on forever, nor do governments go on forever. ²⁵ Bring in the hay, and let the new grass appear. Gather the grass from the hills. ²⁶ Make clothes from the lambs' wool, and sell some goats to buy a field. ²⁷ There will be plenty of goat's milk to feed you and your family and to make your servant girls healthy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For: Proverbs 23:5, Zephaniah 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 Timothy 6:18

riches: Heb. strength, James 1:10

doth: 2 Samuel 7:16, Psalms 89:36, Isaiah 9:7

every generation: Heb. generation and generation

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 17:20 - right hand Psalms 39:6 - he heapeth 1 Timothy 6:7 - we brought

Cross-References

Genesis 27:7
‘Kill an animal and prepare some tasty food for me to eat. Then I will bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.'

Genesis 27:8
So obey me, my son, and do what I tell you.

1 Samuel 21:2
David answered him, "The king gave me a special order. He told me, ‘No one must know what I am sending you to do or what I told you to do.' I told my men where to meet me.

1 Samuel 21:13
So he pretended to be crazy in front of Achish and his servants. While he was with them, he acted like a madman and clawed on the doors of the gate and let spit run down his beard.

1 Samuel 27:10
Achish would ask David, "Where did you go raiding today?" And David would tell him that he had gone to the southern part of Judah, or Jerahmeel, or to the land of the Kenites.

2 Samuel 14:5
King David asked her, "What is the matter?" The woman said, "I am a widow; my husband is dead.

Job 15:5
Your sin teaches your mouth what to say; you use words to trick others.

Proverbs 12:19
Truth will continue forever, but lies are only for a moment.

Proverbs 12:22
The Lord hates those who tell lies but is pleased with those who keep their promises.

Proverbs 30:8
Keep me from lying and being dishonest. And don't make me either rich or poor; just give me enough food for each day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For riches [are] not for ever,.... A man cannot be assured of the continuance of them; they are uncertain things, here today and gone tomorrow: wherefore, though a man has a considerable share of them, yet should follow one calling or another; particularly husbandry is recommended, or keeping sheep and cattle, which are increasing; by which means his substance will be continued and augmented, which otherwise is not to be depended on, but in a diligent attendance to business;

and doth the crown [endure] to every generation? the royal crown, that is not to be depended upon; a king that wears a crown is not sure he shall always wear it, or that it shall be continued to his family one generation after another. And it is suggested, that it is not even beneath such persons to have a regard to their flocks and herds, and the increase of their riches in this way: the Chinese kings, many of them, formerly employed themselves in husbandry, and set examples of industry and diligence to their subjects t; King Hezekiah provided himself possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, 2 Chronicles 32:28.

t Vid. Martin. Hist. Sinica, p. 92, 93, 326.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The verses sing the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared with the commerce of a later time, with money as its chief or only wealth.

Proverbs 27:23

The state - literally, face. The verse is an illustration of John 10:3, John 10:14.

Proverbs 27:24

Riches - The money which men may steal, or waste, is contrasted with the land of which the owner is not so easily deprived. Nor will the crown (both the “crown of pure gold” worn on the mitre of the high priest, Exodus 29:6; Exodus 39:30; and the kingly diadem, the symbol of power generally) be transmitted (as flocks and herds had been) “from one generation to another.”

Proverbs 27:25

Appeareth - Better, When the grass disappeareth, the “tender grass showeth itself.” Stress is laid on the regular succession of the products of the earth. The “grass” (“hay”) of the first clause is (compare Psalms 37:2; Psalms 90:5; Psalms 103:15; 2 Kings 19:26) the proverbial type of what is perishable and fleeting. The verse gives a picture of the pleasantness of the farmer’s calling; compared with this what can wealth or rank offer? With this there mingles (compare Proverbs 27:23) the thought that each stage of that life in its season requires care and watchfulness.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 27:24. For riches are not for ever — All other kinds of property are very transitory. Money and the highest civil honours are but for a short season. Flocks and herds, properly attended to, may be multiplied and continued from generation to generation. The crown itself is not naturally so permanent.