And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 - 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. 更多版本King 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. English Standard Version 2016 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? |
And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.
And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.
There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days he shall leave them: and in his latter end he shall be a fool.
Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.
For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.