9Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king himself is dependent upon the field.


In Context

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

7 For in the multitude of dreams are vanities; so with many words: but fear God.

8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

9 Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king himself is dependent upon 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 profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding of them with his eyes?

Ecclesiastes 5:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:9The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.