Ecclesiastes 5:10
World English Bible (WEB)
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
In context
8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
11 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?
12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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Ecclesiastes 5:10 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
- KJV King James Version
- He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.