World English Bible
"When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?"
— Ecclesiastes 5:11, World English Bible
“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?”
“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes? ”
“When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?”
“Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”
“When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?”
“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?”
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.