Ecclesiastes 5:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹¹ When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ 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?

Common English Bible

¹¹ When good things flow, so do those who consume them. But what do owners benefit from such goods, except to feast their eyes on them?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Sleep is sweet to one who works, whether he consumes little or much. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:11 Cross References

Genesis 12:16

He treated Abram well because of her, and Abram acquired flocks and herds, male and female donkeys, male and female slaves, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

Proverbs 23:5

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem;  my wisdom also remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.  ,

Jeremiah 17:11

He who makes a fortune unjustly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. In the middle of his life his riches will abandon him, so in the end he will be a fool.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not from the  Lord of Armies that the peoples labour only to fuel the fire and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?

1 John 2:16

For everything in the world #– #the lust of the flesh,  the lust of the eyes,  and the pride  in one’s possessions #– #is not from the Father, but is from the world.