Ecclesiastes
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:9
“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.”
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:9 Context
6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. 8If 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. 9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11When 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? 12The 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.
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Translation Details for Ecclesiastes 5:9
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 5:9
Bible Commentary for Ecclesiastes 5:9
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 5:9
5:9 Profit - The fruits of the earth. For all - Necessary and beneficial to all men. The wise man, after some interruption, returns to his former subject, the vanity of riches, one evidence whereof he mentions in this verse, that the poor labourer enjoys the fruits of the earth as well as the greatest monarch. Is served - Is supported by the fruits of the field.
ΒΆ Moreouer the profit of the earth is for all: the king himselfe is serued by the field.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king `himself' is served by the field.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
- Basic English Bible
Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king [himself] is dependent upon the field.
- Darby Bible
Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
- Webster's Bible
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
- World English Bible
And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(5:8) But the profit of a land every way is a king that maketh himself servant to the field.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible