Ecclesiastes 5:11

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

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KJV

King James Version

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?

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WEB

World English Bible

When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

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ASV

American Standard Version

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 5

⁹ The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

¹⁰ He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

¹¹ When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

¹² The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

¹³ There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

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