Ecclesiastes 5:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
Ecclesiastes 5:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 5:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 5:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?”
Ecclesiastes 5:11 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?”
Ecclesiastes 5:11 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 5:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit <FI>is<Fi> to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?”
Ecclesiastes 5:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding [of them] with his eyes?”
Ecclesiastes 5:11 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.”
Ecclesiastes 5:11 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:11 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5
9 Además el provecho de la tierra es para todos: el rey [mismo] está sujeto á los campos.
10 El que ama el dinero, no se hartará de dinero; y el que ama el mucho [tener], no [sacará] fruto. También esto es vanidad.
11 Cuando los bienes se aumentan, también se aumentan sus comedores. ¿Qué bien, pues, tendrá su dueño, sino ver[los] con sus ojos?
12 Dulce es el sueño del trabajador, ora coma mucho ó poco; mas al rico no le deja dormir la hartura.
13 Hay una trabajosa enfermedad que he visto debajo del sol: las riquezas guardadas de sus dueños para su mal;
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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:11 Mean?
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