Ecclesiastes 5:9
And, the profit of the earth, is, for all,—a king, by the field, is served.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;
1 Kings 4:7And, Solomon, had twelve governors over all Israel, who used to sustain the king and his household,—for a month in the year, was it appointed unto each one, to find sustenance.
Psalms 104:14Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Proverbs 13:23Much food, is in the fallow ground of the poor, but there is that is swept away, for want of justice.
Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his ground, shall have plenty of bread, but, he that pursueth empty-heads, shall have plenty of poverty.
Ecclesiastes 6:7All the toil of man, is for his mouth,—though, even the desire, is not 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 →