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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- 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, .
- 29 The Hebrew term “silver” (translated “money”) is repeated twice in this line for rhetorical emphasis.
- 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).
- 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.
- 32 The word “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
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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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.
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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.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
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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!
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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.
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