In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?
LXX2012
Ecclesiastes 5:10
In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?
Parallel Translations
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:10Matthew 6:24Luke 12:15Matthew 6:19Ecclesiastes 4:8Ecclesiastes 4:4Psalms 62:10Ecclesiastes 2:26Psalms 52:7Habakkuk 2:5–7Ecclesiastes 2:11Ecclesiastes 4:16Ecclesiastes 3:19Proverbs 30:15–16Ecclesiastes 6:7
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