Ecclesiastes 5:9
Strong's Lexicon
The produce
וְיִתְר֥וֹן (wə·yiṯ·rō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3504: 1) advantage, profit, excellency

of the earth
אֶ֖רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

is taken by all;
בַּכֹּ֣ל (bak·kōl)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

(ה֑וּא) ()
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

the king himself
מֶ֥לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

profits
נֶעֱבָֽד׃ (ne·‘ĕ·ḇāḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: 1) to work, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to labour, work, do work 1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour 1a3) to serve as subjects 1a4) to serve (God) 1a5) to serve (with Levitical service) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land) 1b2) to make oneself a servant 1c) (Pual) to be worked 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 1d2) to cause to serve as subjects 1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

from the fields.
לְשָׂדֶ֖ה (lə·śā·ḏeh)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: 1) field, land 1a) cultivated field 1b) of home of wild beasts 1c) plain (opposed to mountain) 1d) land (opposed to sea)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

Young's Literal Translation
And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

New American Standard Bible
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.

King James Bible
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

New Living Translation
Even the king milks the land for his own profit!

English Standard Version
But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.

New American Standard Bible
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

International Standard Version
Also, the increase of the land belongs to everyone; the king himself is served by his field.

NET Bible
The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.
















Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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.

Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 5:7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Ecclesiastes 5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:11
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?

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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