Ecclesiastes
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:10
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:10 Context
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. 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. 13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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Translation Details for Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 5:10
Bible Commentary for Ecclesiastes 5:10
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 5:10
5:8 If - Here is an account of another vanity, and a sovereign antidote against it. Marvel not - As if it were inconsistent with God's wisdom, and justice, to suffer such disorders. For - The most high God who is infinitely above the greatest of men. Regardeth - Not like an idle spectator, but a judge, who diligently observes, and will effectually punish them. Higher - God: it is an emphatical repetition of the same thing.
5:9 Profit - The fruits of the earth. For all - Necessary and beneficial to all men. The wise man, after some interruption, returns to his former subject, the vanity of riches, one evidence whereof he mentions in this verse, that the poor labourer enjoys the fruits of the earth as well as the greatest monarch. Is served - Is supported by the fruits of the field.
Hee that loueth siluer shall not be satisfied with siluer; nor he that loueth abundance, with increase: this is also vanitie.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance {with its} income. This too is vanity.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
- Basic English Bible
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
- Darby Bible
Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?
- Douay-Rheims Bible
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity.
- English Revised Version
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
- World English Bible