American King James Version
"Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. "
— Ecclesiastes 5:9, American King James Version
“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.”
“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. ”
“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.”
“The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.”
“A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.”
“It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.”
“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.”
Suffer not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say you before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear you God. ¶
If you see 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 regards; and there be higher than they. ¶
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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?
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.