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 Celui qui aime l’argent n’est pas rassasié par l’argent, et celui qui aime les richesses n’en profite pas. C’est encore là une vanité.
10 Quand le bien abonde, ceux qui le mangent abondent; et quel avantage en revient-il à son possesseur, sinon qu’il le voit de ses yeux?
11 Le sommeil du travailleur est doux, qu’il ait peu ou beaucoup à manger; mais le rassasiement du riche ne le laisse pas dormir.
12 Il est un mal grave que j’ai vu sous le soleil: des richesses conservées, pour son malheur, par celui qui les possède.
13 Ces richesses se perdent par quelque événement fâcheux; il a engendré un fils, et il ne reste rien entre ses mains.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:11 Mean?
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