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Ecclesiastes 5:9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Ecclesiastes 5:9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
9 But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a ploughed field.[a]
10 The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.
11 When goods increase, those who eat them increase; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
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- Ecclesiastes 5:9 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ecclesiastes 5:9-11
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:9-11
New International Version
9 The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
10 Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.
11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
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