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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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KJ21
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This is also vanity.
ASV
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
AMP
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its gain. This too is vanity (emptiness).
AMPC
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with gain. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!
BRG
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
CSB
The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
CSBA
The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
CEB
The money lover isn’t satisfied with money; neither is the lover of wealth satisfied with income. This too is pointless.
CJB
When the quantity of goods increases, so does the number of parasites consuming them; so the only advantage to the owner is that he gets to watch them do it.
CEV
If you love money and wealth, you will never be satisfied with what you have. This doesn't make a bit of sense.
DARBY
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
DRA
Where 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?
ERV
Those who love money will never be satisfied with the money they have. Those who love wealth will not be satisfied when they get more and more. This is also senseless.
EASY
People who love money never have enough. They may get more and more valuable things, but they are never happy. This also has no purpose.
EHV
Anyone who loves money is never satisfied with money, and anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is vanishing vapor.
ESV
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
ESVUK
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
EXB
Whoever loves money will never have enough money; Whoever loves ·wealth [riches] will not be satisfied with ·it [gain]. This is also useless [1:2].
GNV
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good cometh to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?
GW
Whoever loves money will never be satisfied with money. Whoever loves wealth will never be satisfied with more income. Even this is pointless.
GNT
If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless.
HCSB
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
ICB
The person who loves money will never have all the money he wants. The person who loves wealth will not be satisfied when he gets it. This is also useless.
ISV
Whoever loves money will never have enough money. Whoever loves luxury will not be content with abundance. This also is pointless.
JUB
He that loves money shall not be satisfied with money; nor he that loves abundance with increase; this is also vanity.
KJV
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
AKJV
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
LSB
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its produce. This too is vanity.
LEB
Whoever loves money is not satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is not satisfied with profit. This also is vanity!
TLB
He who loves money shall never have enough. The foolishness of thinking that wealth brings happiness!
MSG
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, Nor the one who loves wealth with big profits. More smoke.
MEV
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
NOG
Whoever loves money will never be satisfied with money. Whoever loves wealth will never be satisfied with more income. Even this is pointless.
NABRE
Where there are great riches, there are also many to devour them. Of what use are they to the owner except as a feast for the eyes alone?
NASB
One who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves abundance with its income. This too is futility.
NASB1995
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.
NCB
When riches increase, so do those who are eager to accumulate them, and those who have accumulated them must remain content simply to feast their eyes on them.
NCV
Whoever loves money will never have enough money; Whoever loves wealth will not be satisfied with it. This is also useless.
NET
The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.
NIRV
Anyone who loves money never has enough. Anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with what they get. That doesn’t have any meaning either.
NIV
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
NIVUK
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
NKJV
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
NLV
He who loves money will never have enough money to make him happy. It is the same for the one who loves to get many things. This also is for nothing.
NLT
Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
NRSVA
The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.
NRSVACE
The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.
NRSVCE
The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.
NRSVUE
The lover of money will not be satisfied with money, nor the lover of wealth with gain. This also is vanity.
OJB
He that loveth kesef shall never have enough kesef; nor shall he that loveth abundance have enough increase; this also is hevel.
RGT
When goods increase, those who consume them are increased. And what good comes to their owners, but the beholding with their eyes?
RSV
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves wealth, with gain: this also is vanity.
RSVCE
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves wealth, with gain: this also is vanity.
TLV
When goods increase, so do those who consume them. So what advantage are they to the owner except he sees it with his eyes?
VOICE
As the saying goes: Those who love money will never be satisfied with money, and those who love riches will never be happy with what they have. This, too, is fleeting.
WEB
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
WYC
An avaricious man shall not be [ful]filled of money; and he that loveth riches shall not take (the) fruits of them; and therefore this is vanity. (A greedy person shall never be fulfilled, or filled full, with money; and he who loveth riches shall never truly enjoy their fruits, or their earnings; and so this is empty and futile.)
YLT
Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity.
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