King James Version
Proverbs 27:24 in the King James Version says “For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? riches: Heb. strength to: Heb. to generation...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? riches: Heb. strength to: Heb. to generation and generation?”
Proverbs 27:24 · KJV
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. look: Heb. set thy heart
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? riches: Heb. strength to: Heb. to generation and generation?
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“are not for ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“and doth the crown”
H5145properly, something set apart, i.e., (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chapl
“endure to every”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
“endure to every”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
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