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Ecclesiastes 5:9

7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

8 If 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.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

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

11 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?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
KJV
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
WEB
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
ASV
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
DARBY
Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king [himself] is dependent upon the field.
BLB
And the produce of the land, it [is] for all: A king is served by the field.
ÅB
Og en velsignelse for et land er det med alt dette at det har en konge som folket lyder.
OTB
Landets avkastning deles av alle; selv kongen drar nytte av markene.
B1930
Og en velsignelse for et land er det med alt dette at det har en konge som folket lyder.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 115:16

    The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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  • 1 Kings 4:7–23

    And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

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  • Genesis 1:29–30

    And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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  • Psalms 104:14–15

    He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:26–31

    And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

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  • Proverbs 27:23–27

    Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

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  • Jeremiah 40:10–12

    As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

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  • Proverbs 13:23

    Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

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