King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:10 in the King James Version says “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanit...” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 · KJV
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. at the: Heb. at the will, or, purpose
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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?
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“shall not be satisfied”
H7646to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“this is also vanity”
H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
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