Ecclesiastes 5:11

Translations

Modern

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

Traditional

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?

Literal

In the multiplying of good those devouring it are multiplied; and what profit is for its owners, but the beholding with his eyes?

Latin

Ubi multæ sunt opes, multi et qui comedunt eas. Et quid prodest possessori, nisi quod cernit divitias oculis suis?

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English

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

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