Ecclesiastes 5:9
Moreover the abundance of the land is for all. The king [himself] is served by the field.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
1 Kings 4:7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel who provided provisions for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
Psalms 104:14He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,
Proverbs 13:23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor, but there is [that is] consumed because of injustice.
Proverbs 28:19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.
Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:5-9
The Obligation of a Vow. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.… Read the whole commentary →