Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Wealth serves no purpose for the stingy man; of what use are riches to the covetous?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Riches are inappropriate for a small-minded person; and of what use is wealth to a miser?
Good News Translation®
It isn't right for someone who is selfish to be rich. What use is money to a stingy person?
Wycliffe Bible
Chattel, that is, riches, is without reason to a covetous man, and hard niggard (or stingy or miserly); and whereto is gold to an envious man? [To the covetous man, and hard, without reason is substance; and to an envious man, whereto gold?]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Riches are not seemly for a stingy man; and of what use is property to an envious man?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Riches are inappropriate for the small-minded, and of what use is wealth to misers?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Riches are inappropriate for a small-minded person; and of what use is wealth to a miser?
Common English Bible © 2011
Wealth isn’t good for a mean person. What use is money to a begrudging person?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Wealth is not appropriate for the mean-spirited; to misers, what use is gold?
Revised Standard Version
Riches are not seemly for a stingy man; and of what use is property to an envious man?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Riches are inappropriate for a small-minded person; and of what use is wealth to a miser?