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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
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He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.
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When 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?
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Verse Text
He that lovethH157 silverH3701 shall not be satisfiedH7646 with silverH3701; nor he that lovethH157 abundanceH1995 with increaseH8393: this is also vanityH1892.
בִּרְבֹות הַטֹּובָה רַבּוּ אֹוכְלֶיהָ וּמַה־כִּשְׁרֹון לִבְעָלֶיהָ כִּי אִם־ [רְאִיַּת כ] (רְאוּת ק) עֵינָיו׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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בִּ/רְבוֹת֙ |
bi/r.Vot | H7235 | HR/Vqc | when/ increases |
הַ/טּוֹבָ֔ה |
ha./to.Vah | H2896 | HTd/Aafsa | the/ good |
רַבּ֖וּ |
ra.Bu | H7235 | HVqp3cp | they increase |
אוֹכְלֶ֑י/הָ |
'okh.Lei./ha | H398 | HVqrmpc/Sp3fs | (those who) consume/ it |
וּ/מַה |
u./mah- | H4100 | HC/Ti | and/ what? |
כִּשְׁרוֹן֙ |
kish.rOn | H3788 | HNcmsa | profit |
לִ/בְעָלֶ֔י/הָ |
li/v.'a.Lei./ha | H1167 | HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs | (belongs) to/ owner(s)/ its |
כִּ֖י |
ki | H3588 | HC | that |
אִם |
'im- | H518 | HC | except |
ראית |
rᵉʼîyth | H7212 | HNcmsc | |
עֵינָֽי/ו |
'ei.Na/v | H5869 | HNcbdc/Sp3ms | eyes/ his |
- H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
- H1892 — הֶבֶל (hebel, heh'bel): or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from הָבַל; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
- H1995 — הָמוֹן (hâmôwn, haw-mone'): or הָמֹן; (Ezekiel 5:7), from הָמָה; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth; abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.
- H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
- H7646 — שָׂבַע (sâbaʻ, saw-bah'): or שָׂבֵעַ; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively); have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
- H8393 — תְּבוּאָה (tᵉbûwʼâh, teb-oo-aw'): from בּוֹא; income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively); fruit, gain, increase, revenue.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
- H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
- H1167 — בַּעַל (baʻal, bah'-al): from בָּעַל; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense); [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.
- H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
- H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
- H3788 — כִּשְׁרוֹן (kishrôwn, kish-rone'): from כָּשֵׁר; success, advantage; equity, good, right.
- H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
- H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
- H7212 — רְאִית (rᵉʼîyth, reh-eeth'): from רָאָה; sight; beholding.
- H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- He that — Psalms 52:1, Psalms 52:7, Psalms 62:10, Proverbs 30:15-16, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 6:7, Habakkuk 2:5-7, Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:24, Luke 12:15, 1 Timothy 6:10
- this — Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:17-18, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 4:16
Reciprocal references (13): Genesis 13:6, Exodus 20:17, Proverbs 15:6, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 27:20, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:8, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Isaiah 56:11, Ezekiel 7:19, Matthew 13:22, Mark 4:19, 1 John 2:16
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: EMPTINESS-FULNESS, LIBERALITY-PARSIMONY-COVETOUSNESS, MISERY OF GREED
- Torrey’s: CONTENTMENT, COVETOUSNESS, RICHES, VANITY
- Nave’s: AVARICE, COVETOUSNESS, RICHES, VANITY
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