⁴ by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

¹⁷ and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

¹⁸ But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

¹¹ The rich man's wealth is his strong city, Like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

⁴ Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

¹¹ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

³ speak, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.

¹⁶ Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

² And Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

³ Tyre built herself a stronghold, And heaped up silver like the dust, And fine gold like the mire of the streets.

⁴ Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, And he will strike her power in the sea; And she will be devoured with fire.