Jeremiah 17:11
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“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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, <FI>Is<Fi> 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.”
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