Ecclesiastes 5:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 5:10 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 5:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. ”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 5:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> silver, nor he who is in love with stores <FI>with<Fi> increase. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity. ”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:10 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5
8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:10 Mean?
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