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Ecclesiastes 5:9

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

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Ecclesiastes 5:9 in other translations

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

Ecclesiastes 5:9 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:9 in context

  1. 7For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.
  2. 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
  3. 9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
  4. 10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
  5. 11When 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?