Translations
Like a partridge sitting on eggs it never hatched — so is the man who gets rich through injustice; at the midpoint of his life his wealth abandons him, and in the end he proves himself a fool.
Like a partridge brooding over eggs she never laid — so is the one who amasses wealth through injustice; in the middle of his days it will desert him, and at the last he will be exposed as a senseless 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.
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.”