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Ecclesiastes 5:10

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 · King James Version

In other versions

  • He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    ASV

  • When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

    BBE

  • He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

    DBY

  • He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    WEB

  • Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.

    YLT

  • He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

11When 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?

12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

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