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Ecclesiastes 5:11

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11When goods increase, they increase who eat them; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As goods increase,

so do those who consume them.

And what benefit are they to the owners

except to feast their eyes on them?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?

NLTNew Living Translation

The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When prosperity increases,

those who consume it increase.

So its owner gains nothing,

except to see his wealth before it is spent.

KJV 1900King James Version

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?