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Ecclesiastes 5:10

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Covetousness

5:10The one who loves money28 will never be satisfied with money,29

he who loves wealth30 will never be satisfied31 with his32 income.

This also is futile.

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Footnotes

  1. 28 Heb “silver.” The Hebrew term כֶּסֶף (kesef, “silver”) refers to “money” ( כֶּסֶף 3). It is a synecdoche of specific (i.e., silver) for the general (i.e., money); see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, .
  2. 29 The Hebrew term “silver” (translated “money”) is repeated twice in this line for rhetorical emphasis.
  3. 30 The term הָמוֹן (hamon, “abundance; wealth”) has a wide range of meanings: (1) agitation; (2) turmoil; (3) noise; (4) pomp; (5) multitude; crowd = noisy crowd; and (6) abundance; wealth ( הָמוֹן 1–6). Here, it refers to abundant wealth (related to “pomp”); cf. הָמוֹן 6, that is, lavish abundant wealth (Ezek 29:19; 30:4; 1 Chr 29:16).
  4. 31 The phrase “will never be satisfied” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. Note the previous line.
  5. 32 The word “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever loves money never has enough;

whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.

This too is meaningless.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Whoever loves money is not satisfied with money,

and whoever loves wealth is not satisfied with profit.

This also is vanity!

KJV 1900King James Version

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.