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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in [a]a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they. [b]Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Or, the state
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:9 Or, But the profit of a land every way is a king that maketh himself servant to the field (or, is a king over the cultivated field)