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


In Context

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

8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest 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 is also vanity.

11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners of them, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the abundance 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 American Standard 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 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 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.