The partridge utters her voice, she gathers [eggs] which she did not lay; [so is a man] gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days [his riches] shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.
GNV
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partryche gathereth the yong, which she hath not brought forth: so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leaue them in the middes of his dayes, and at his ende shall bee a foole.
Parallel Translations
The partridge utters her voice, she gathers [eggs] which she did not lay; [so is a man] gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days [his riches] shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.
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.
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:20Proverbs 21:6Jeremiah 22:17Jeremiah 22:13Proverbs 28:8Proverbs 15:272 Peter 2:14Psalms 55:23Zephaniah 1:9Titus 1:11Habakkuk 2:6–12Proverbs 28:22Ecclesiastes 5:13–16Proverbs 13:11Micah 2:1–2
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