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


In Context

7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.

8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

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

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

11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow 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 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 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.