Ecclesiastes 5:10

In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: 1 And what virtue has the owner, 1 But the right of beholding it with his eyes? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

In Context

9He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: 1 And who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? 1 This is also vanity. 1

11The sleep of a servant is sweet, 1 Whether he eat little or much: 1 But to one who is satiated with wealth, 1 There is none that suffers him to sleep. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 52:1For the end, a Psalm of David upon Mahalath, of instruction. 1

Psalms 62:10But they vainly sought after my soul; 1 They shall go into the lowest parts of the earth. 1

Ecclesiastes 1:17And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, 1 Parables and understanding: 1 I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life; 1 Because the work that was wrought under the sun 1 Was evil before me: 1 For all is vanity and waywardness of spirit. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:19Also to them is the event of the sons of man, 1 And the event of the brute; 1 One event befalls them: 1 As is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; 1 And there is one breath to all: 1 And what has the man more than the brute? 1 Nothing; for all is vanity. 1

Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one alone, and there is not a second; 1 Yea, he has neither son nor brother: 1 Yet there is no end to all his labor; 1 Neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; 1 And for whom do I labor, 1 And deprive my soul of good? 1 This is also vanity, 1 And an evil trouble. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18

The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 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? 12 The 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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