But Abram was treated well for her sake, and he got sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys and camels.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 - Tree of Life Version The sleep of the laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much— but the excess of the rich permits him no sleep. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat lttle or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. |
But Abram was treated well for her sake, and he got sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys and camels.
When you cast your eyes 0n riches, it is gone; for it surely sprouts wings and flies off into the sky like an eagle.
Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
So I became far wealthier than all before me in Jerusalem, yet my wisdom stayed with me.
There is a grievous wrong that I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded by its owner to his own hurt,
Better is what the eyes see than the pursuit of the soul’s desires. This too is fleeting and striving after wind.
As a partridge that broods over young that she did not lay, so is one who gets wealth, unjustly. In the middle of his days it will abandon him, so at his end he will be a fool.
Behold, is it not from Adonai-Tzva’ot that peoples toil to fuel a fire, and nations exhaust themselves for emptiness?
For everything in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the boasting of life—is not from the Father but from the world.