9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by 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 error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

7 For thus it cometh to pass through the multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.

8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be 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, saving 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king himself is dependent upon 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.