NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon When goodstowb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun increase rabah (raw-baw') to increase (in whatever respect) they are increased rabab (raw-bab') to cast together, i.e. increase, especially in number; also to multiply by the myriad -- increase, be many(-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands. that eat 'akal (aw-kal') to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite. them and what good kishrown (kish-rone') success, advantage -- equity, good, right. is there to the owners ba`al (bah'-al) a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) + married, master, person, + sworn, they of. thereof saving 'im (eem) used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; the beholding ra'avah (rah-av-aw') sight, i.e. satisfaction -- behold. r'iyth (reh-eeth') sight -- beholding. of them with their eyes `ayin (ah'-yin) an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on? King James 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? Holman Christian Standard Bible When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes? International Standard Version When possessions increase, so does the number of consumers; therefore what good are they to their owners, except to look at them? NET Bible 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? GOD'S WORD® Translation As the number of goods increase, so do the number of people who consume them. What do owners gain [from all their goods] except [the opportunity] to look at them? King James 2000 Bible When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: so what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes? Links Ecclesiastes 5:11Ecclesiastes 5:11 NIV Ecclesiastes 5:11 NLT Ecclesiastes 5:11 ESV Ecclesiastes 5:11 NASB Ecclesiastes 5:11 KJV |
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