I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with gain. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! American Standard Version (1901) He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. Common English Bible The money lover isn’t satisfied with money; neither is the lover of wealth satisfied with income. This too is pointless. Catholic Public Domain Version Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes? |
I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.
All things are wearisome, more than anyone can say. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing.
All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.
When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had laboured to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. , There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.
There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
I saw that all labour and all skilful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. ,
There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.
The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field. ,
All of a person’s labour is for his stomach, , yet the appetite is never satisfied.
‘Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
‘No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.