Ecclesiastes 5:10 - Tree of Life Version When goods increase, so do those who consume them. So what advantage are they to the owner except he sees it with his eyes? 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? |
God will pull you down forever, and snatch you, rip you out of your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Sons of Adam are a vapor, sons of man are an illusion. In balanced scales they go up— altogether they are less than a breath.
So I applied my heart to know wisdom as well as to know madness and folly. I learned that this too was pursuit of the wind.
All things are wearisome. No one can express them. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
I denied myself nothing that my eyes desired; I withheld from my heart no enjoyment. My heart took delight from all my toil— this was my reward for all my labor.
Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended to accomplish it, behold, it all was futile and chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
For to the one who pleases Him, He gives wisdom, knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating wealth to give it to one who pleases God. This also is only vapor and striving after the wind.
For the destiny of humankind and the destiny of animals are one and the same. As one dies, so dies the other. Both have the same breath—a human has no advantage over an animal—both are fleeting.
There is no end to all the people—to all who were before him. Also those who will come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this too is meaningless and striving after the wind.
Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.
There is one who has no one else, neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. “So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?” This too is meaningless— a grievous task!
A lover of money never has enough money, and a lover of wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is futile.
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
“Do not 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; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on guard against all kinds of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the material goods he possesses.”
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil—some, longing for it, have gone astray from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.