# General Information:

These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](../22/20.md)).

# Do not work too hard

"Do not work so much that you are always tired"

# light upon it

land like a bird upon the wealth (verse 4). This is a metaphor for looking at the wealth for a short time. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# it will surely take up wings like an eagle and fly off

A person losing his wealth is spoken of as if the wealth were a bird. AT: "the wealth will disappear as quickly as an eagle can fly away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# wings like an eagle

wings like an eagle's wings