Ecclesiastes 5:11

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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?

In context

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,

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?
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?
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?
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?
YLT Young's Literal Translation: In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?
DBY Darby Translation: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
WBS Webster Bible: 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?