Ecclesiastes 5:11

The 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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

10In 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

12There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, 1 Namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 12:16And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and mules, and camels.

Genesis 13:5And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.

Proverbs 23:5If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; 1 For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, 1 And he returns to the house of his master. 1

Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; 1 And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, 1 And walk in the ways of thy heart blameless, 1 But not in the sight of thine eyes: 1 Yet know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 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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