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


In Context

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

7 For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.

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?

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 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 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.