Ecclesiastes 5:10 Parallel Translations

Whoever loves money will never be satisfied with money. Whoever loves wealth will never be satisfied with more income. Even this is pointless.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

ASV:

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

BBE:

He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

DBY:

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

ERV:

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity.

JPS:

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase; this also is vanity.

WBS:

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

WEB:

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

YLT:

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 2:10 All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

5:9-17 The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of life, and the poor share them; they relish their morsel better than he does his luxuries. There are bodily desires which silver itself will not satisfy, much less will worldly abundance satisfy spiritual desires. The more men have, the better house they must keep, the more servants they must employ, the more guests they must entertain, and the more they will have hanging on them. The sleep of the labourer is sweet, not only because he is tired, but because he has little care to break his sleep. The sleep of the diligent Christian, and his long sleep, are sweet; having spent himself and his time in the service of God, he can cheerfully repose in God as his Rest. But those who have every thing else, often fail to secure a good night's sleep; their abundance breaks their rest. Riches do hurt, and draw away the heart from God and duty. Men do hurt with their riches, not only gratifying their own lusts, but oppressing others, and dealing hardly with them. They will see that they have laboured for the wind, when, at death, they find the profit of their labour is all gone like the wind, they know not whither. How ill the covetous worldling bears the calamities of human life! He does not sorrow to repentance, but is angry at the providence of God, angry at all about him; which doubles his affliction.

CONC:

Abundance Gain Income Increase Love Loves Loveth Loving Meaningless Money Profit Purpose Satisfied Silver Stores Vanity Wealth

Abundance Enough Gain Income Increase Loves Loving Meaningless Money Profit Purpose Satisfied Silver Stores Vanity Wealth

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