Ecclesiastes 5:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 6 A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field and in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Common English Bible

⁹ But the land’s yield should be for everyone if the field is cultivated.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ A greedy man will not be satisfied by money. And whoever loves wealth will reap no fruit from it. Therefore, this, too, is emptiness.

Ecclesiastes 5:9 Cross References

Psalm 115:16

The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

Proverbs 13:23

A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful witness uttereth a lie.

Proverbs 28:19

6 He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

5 I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

7 All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

5 As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.