Ecclesiastes 5:9
However, what the land produces is for everyone—even the king benefits from what is grown.
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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 3:17He told Adam, “Because you did what your wife told you, and ate fruit from the tree after I ordered you, ‘Don't eat fruit from this tree,’ the ground is now cursed because of you. You will have to work painfully hard to grow food from it throughout your whole life.
1 Kings 4:7Solomon had twelve area governors whose responsibilities covered the whole of Israel, providing food for the king and his household. Each one in turn arranged supplies for one month of the year.
Psalms 104:14You make the grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to eat—crops produced by the earth for food,
Proverbs 13:23The unplowed ground of the poor could produce a lot of food, but it's stolen through injustice.
Proverbs 28:19If you cultivate the land you'll have plenty of food, but if you chase fantasies you'll end up with nothing.
Ecclesiastes 6:7Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.
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 →