11In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit is to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?


In Context

8 If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.

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

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

11 In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit is to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

12 Sweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

13 There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:11As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:11Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:11When 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11When 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:11When 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11When 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?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?