10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.


In Context

7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

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

10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

11 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?

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:10Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:10A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:10He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity.