The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.[a](A)

10 The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile. 11 When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:9 Or An advantage for the land in every respect is a king for a cultivated field; Hb obscure

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