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 E o proveito da terra é para todos; até o rei se serve do campo.
10 O que amar o dinheiro nunca se saciará do dinheiro; e quem amar a riqueza, nunca [se saciará] do lucro; isso também é futilidade.
11 Onde os bens se multiplicam, ali se multiplicam também os que os cosomem; e que proveito pois tem seus donos, a não ser somente ver [as riquezas] com seus próprios olhos?
12 Doce é o sono do trabalhador, quer coma pouco, quer muito; porém a fartura do rico não o deixa dormir.
13 Há um mal causador de sofrimentos que vi abaixo do sol: as riquezas que seus donos guardam para seu próprio mal.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:11 Mean?
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