Simple verse list for ECC 5:10

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Original ECC 5:9: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) A person who loves money won’t be satisfied with it, ⇔ and anyone who loves wealth won’t be satisfied with their income. ⇔ That’s also pointless.

OET-LV (ECC 5:9) [fn] one _who_loves silver not he _will _be _satisfied silver and_whoever is_loving (in)_wealth not income also this is_futility.

ULT ⇔ A lover of silver will not be satisfied, with silver, ⇔ and whoever loves increase, not income. ⇔ Also this, is vapor.

UST ⇔ Some people believe that only wealth can provide them ⇔ with the kind of happy life that they desire. ⇔ These people will never think that they have enough money, ⇔ nor will any number of possessions that they acquire make them truly happy. ⇔ In reality, money is also as fleeting and insubstantial ⇔ as the fading mist of my breath.

BSB & MSB He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never [satisfied] by income. This too is futile.

OEB Mapped passage is not available in this edition.

WEBBE & WMBB He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

NET The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, ⇔ he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. ⇔ This also is futile.

LSV Whoever is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity.

FBV People who love money never have enough money; those who love wealth never have enough income. This too is so temporary and makes little sense.

T4T Everyone who tries to get as much money as they can ⇔ will never think that they have enough. ⇔ They will never be satisfied with the money that they have. ⇔ That also is senseless.

LEB • Whoever loves money is not satisfied with money, • and whoever loves wealth is not satisfied with profit. • This also is vanity!

BBE He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

Moff A lover of money will never be satisfied with his money, and a lover of wealth will never make anything of it (this too is vain!).

JPS (ECC 5:9) (5-8) But the profit of a land every way is a king that maketh himself servant to the field.

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

DRA (ECC 5:9) 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.

YLT Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity.

Drby He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

RV He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity.
(He that loveth/loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth/loves abundance with increase: this also is vanity.)

SLT He loving silver shall not be satisfied with silver; and whoever loved not the increase with the multitude. Also this is vanity.

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

KJB-1769 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
(He that loveth/loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth/loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity.)

KJB-1611 Hee that loueth siluer shall not be satisfied with siluer; nor he that loueth abundance, with increase: this is also vanitie.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng.
(He that loveth/loves money, will never be satisfied with money: and he that loveth/loves riches, shall be without the fruit thereof: This is also a vain thing.)

Gnva When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?
(When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good cometh/comes to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?)

Cvdl He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge?
(He that loveth/loves money, will never be satisfied with money: and whoso/whoever delighteth/delights in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Is not this also a vain thing?)

Wycl (ECC 5:9) An auerouse man schal not be fillid of monei; and he that loueth richessis schal not take fruytis of tho; and therfor this is vanyte.
(An avaricious/greedy_for_wealth man shall not be filled of money; and he that loveth/loves riches shall not take fruits of them; and therefore this is vanity.)

Luth (ECC 5:9) Wer Geld liebt, wird Gelds nimmer satt; wer Reichtum liebt, wird keinen Nutz davon haben. Das ist auch eitel.
(Who money loves, becomes money never full/fed_up; who wealth/abundance loves, becomes none usefulness of_that have. The is also vain.)

ClVg (ECC 5:9) Avarus non implebitur pecunia, et qui amat divitias fructum non capiet ex eis; et hoc ergo vanitas.
(Greedy not/no will_be_fulfilled money/wealth, and who/which loves riches fruit not/no will_take from to_them; and this therefore vanity.)

UHB 9 אֹהֵ֥ב כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לֹא־יִשְׂבַּ֣ע כֶּ֔סֶף וּ⁠מִֽי־אֹהֵ֥ב בֶּ⁠הָמ֖וֹן לֹ֣א תְבוּאָ֑ה גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃ ‡

BrLXX (ECC 5:9) Ἀγαπῶν ἀργύριον οὐ πλησθήσεται ἀργυρίου· καὶ τίς ἠγάπησεν ἐν πλήθει αὐτῶν γέννημα; καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.

BrTr (ECC 5:9) He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.