Parallel ECC 5:11

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ULT When the good, thing increases,
 ⇔ the, ones eating it increase.
 ⇔ And what advantage, belongs to its master
 ⇔ except the sight of his eyes?

UST The more wealth that an individual has,
 ⇔ the more people seek to benefit from that individual’s wealth.
 ⇔ So, rich people do not really benefit from their wealth.
 ⇔ It only seems to others that their wealth helps them.

BSB When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

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WEBBE When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

NET 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?

LSV In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

FBV The more you earn, the more you have eating into your income. It only looks like you have more!

T4T  ⇔ The more money that we have,
 ⇔ the more people want us to spend our money to buy things for them.
 ⇔ So people who have a lot of money do not [RHQ] benefit from it;
 ⇔ they see [MTY] it when they get it, but it soon ◄disappears/is completely spent►.

LEB  •  When prosperity increases,
  •  those who consume it increase.
 •  So its owner gains nothing,
  •  except to see his wealth before it is spent .[fn]

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BBE When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

Moff The more a man gains, the more there are to spend it--while the owner can only look on.

JPS (ECC 5:10) (5-9) He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase; this also is vanity.

ASV When 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?

DRA (ECC 5:10) Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

YLT In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

Drby When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

RV When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving the beholding of them with his eyes?

SLT In the multitude of good they were multiplied eating it: and what the success to its possessors but seeing with his eyes?

Wbstr When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners of them, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

KJB-1769 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?

KJB-1611 When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, sauing the beholding of them with their eyes?
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes?
   (Whereas much riches is, there are many also that spend them away: And what pleasure more hath/has he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes?)

Gnva The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.
   (The sleep of him that travaileth/travails, is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the satiety of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.)

Cvdl Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes?
   (Where as many riches are, there are many also that spend them away. And what pleasure more hath/has he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes?)

Wycl (ECC 5:10) Where ben many richessis, also many men ben, that eten tho; and what profitith it to the haldere, no but that he seeth richessis with hise iyen?
   (Where been many riches, also many men been, that eaten them; and what profiteth/profits it to the holder, no but that he seeth/sees riches with his eyes?)

Luth (ECC 5:10) Denn wo viel Guts ist, da sind viele, die es essen; und was geneußt sein, der es hat, ohne daß er‘s mit Augen ansiehet?
   (Because where many goods is, there are many, the it eat; and what/which enjoyed be, the/of_the it has, without that he’s with eyes looks_at?)

ClVg (ECC 5:10) Ubi multæ sunt opes, multi et qui comedunt eas. Et quid prodest possessori, nisi quod cernit divitias oculis suis?
   (Where many are wealth, many and who/which they_eat them. And what benefit to_the_owner, except that sees riches eyes to_his_own?)