Ecclesiastes 5:11

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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?

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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?

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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?

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

Darby Translation ☆

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?

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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.

Noyes Bible ☆

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage hath the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?

Leeser Tanakh ☆

(5:10) When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it [likewise] increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see [it] with his eyes?

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

(5-10) 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?

King James Version ☆

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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?

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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?

Webster Bible ☆

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?

Revised Version ☆

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?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The sleep of a servant is sweet, Whether he eat little or much: But to one who is satiated with wealth, There is none that suffers him to sleep.

World English Bible ☆

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?

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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?

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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?

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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?

World English Bible Classic ☆

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?

World English Bible Updated ☆

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?

World Messianic Bible ☆

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?

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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?

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

The sleep of the oved (working man) is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the abundance of the oisher (rich man) will not permit him to sleep.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

إِذَا كَثُرَتِ ٱلْخَيْرَاتُ كَثُرَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَهَا، وَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِصَاحِبِهَا إِلَّا رُؤْيَتَهَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ؟

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဥစ္စာတိုးပွားသောအခါ စားရသောသူတို့သည် လည်း တိုးပွားများပြားကြ၏။ ဥစ္စာရှင်သည် မျက်စိနှင့် ကြည့်ရှုခြင်း ကျေးဇူးမှတပါး အဘယ်ကျေးဇူးရှိသနည်း။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဥစ္စာ တိုးပွား သောအခါ စား ရသောသူတို့သည် လည်း တိုးပွား များပြားကြ၏။ ဥစ္စာ ရှင်သည် မျက်စိ နှင့်ကြည့်ရှု ခြင်း ကျေးဇူးမှတပါး အဘယ် ကျေးဇူး ရှိသနည်း။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Hmuenmae pop naah, patohhaih doeh pop aep; katawn kaminawk mah mik hoiah dan o khue ai ah loe tih amekhaih maw a tawnh o?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hnothen a ping ham vaengah te te aka ca rhoek khaw pungtai uh. Te dongah a kungmah te tah a mik loh danyoe sawthong phoeiah tah balae a thoemthainah voel.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hnothen a ping ham vaengah te te aka ca rhoek khaw pungtai uh. Te dongah a kungmah te tah a mik loh danyoe sawthong phoeiah tah balae a thoemthainah voel.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

货物增添，吃的人也增添，物主得什么益处呢？不过眼看而已！

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

貨物增添，吃的人也增添，物主得甚麼益處呢？不過眼看而已！

World Chinese Bible ☆

财物增多，吃用的人也增多；物主除了用眼睛饱看以外，还有什么益处呢？

Croatian Bible ☆

Sladak je dan radiši, jeo malo ili mnogo, dok bogatstvo ne da bogatašu zaspati.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Kde jest mnoho statku, mnoho bývá i těch, kteříž jedí jej. Jakýž tedy má užitek pán jeho? Jediné, že očima svýma hledí na něj.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Sød er Arbejderens Søvn, hvad enten han har lidt eller meget at spise; men den riges Overflod giver ikke ham Lov til at sove.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

(5:10) Waar het goed vermenigvuldigt, daar vermenigvuldigen ook die het eten; wat nuttigheid hebben dan de bezitters daarvan, dan het gezicht hunner ogen?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Waar rijkdom is, zijn vele klaplopers; De bezitter zelf heeft er geen genot van Dan wat lust van de ogen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ju pli estas da havo, des pli multaj estas ĝiaj konsumantoj; kaj kian profiton havas ĝia mastro, krom vidi ĝin per siaj okuloj?

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le sommeil est doux pour celui qui travaille, qu’il mange peu ou beaucoup ; mais le rassasiement du riche ne le laisse pas dormir.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Où il y a beaucoup de bien, il y a beaucoup de gens qui le mangent; et quel avantage en a celui qui le possède, sinon qu'il le voit de ses yeux?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le sommeil du travailleur est doux, qu’il ait peu ou beaucoup à manger; mais le rassasiement du riche ne le laisse pas dormir.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Quand les biens se multiplient, ceux qui les consomment se multiplient aussi ; et quel avantage en a leur possesseur, sinon de les contempler ?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Wenn das Gut sich mehrt, so mehren sich, die davon zehren; und welchen Nutzen hat dessen Besitzer, als das Anschauen seiner Augen? -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn wo viel Guts ist, da sind viele, die es essen; und was genießt davon, der es hat, außer daß er's mit Augen ansieht?

German Textbibel ☆

Süß ist der Schlaf des Arbeiters, mag er wenig oder viel essen; aber den Reichen läßt der Überfluß nicht zum Schlafen kommen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

(05-10) Wo viele Güter sind, da sind auch viele, die davon zehren, und was hat ihr Besitzer mehr davon als eine Augenweide?

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

γλυκὺς ὕπνος τοῦ δούλου εἰ ὀλίγον καὶ εἰ πολὺ φάγεται· καὶ τῷ ἐμπλησθέντι τοῦ πλουτῆσαι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφίων αὐτὸν τοῦ ὑπνῶσαι.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Γλυκὺς ὕπνος τοῦ δούλου εἰ ὀλίγον καὶ εἰ πολὺ φάγεται, καὶ τῷ ἐμπλησθέντι τοῦ πλουτῆσαι, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφίων αὐτὸν τοῦ ὑπνῶσαι.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Plis ou gen lajan, se plis bouch w'ap gen pou bay manje. Sèl benefis ou jwenn nan tou sa, se wè w'a wè ou rich.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I ka mahuahua ana o na mea maikai, mahuahua no hoi ka poe e hoopau ana ia mau mea; a heaha ka pono i loaa mai i ka poe nana ia mau mea? O ka ike wale ana o ko lakou mau maka.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

מְתוּקָה֙ שְׁנַ֣ת הָעֹבֵ֔ד אִם־מְעַ֥ט וְאִם־הַרְבֵּ֖ה יֹאכֵ֑ל וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר אֵינֶ֛נּוּ מַנִּ֥יחַֽ לֹ֖ו לִישֹֽׁון׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ברבות הטובה רבו אוכליה ומה כשרון לבעליה כי אם ראית עיניו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Dove son molti beni, sono anche molti mangiatori di essi; e che pro ne torna al padrone di essi, salvo la vista degli occhi?

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Quando abbondano i beni, abbondano anche quei che li mangiano; e che pro ne viene ai possessori, se non di veder quei beni coi loro occhi?

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

財産が増えれば、それを食べる者も増える。その所有者にとって、それを目で眺めて楽しむこと以外に何の益があるのか。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

노동자는 먹는 것이 많든지 적든지 잠을 달게 자거니와 부자는 배부름으로 자지 못하느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwe kasrup lom fin yokelik, na ac puseni pac mwet kom kite. Pwayena ma wo kom ac eis kac uh pa kom ac etu lah kom kasrup.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Dulcis est somnus operanti, sive parum sive multum comedat; saturitas autem divitis non sinit eum dormire.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

چون نعمت زیاده شود، خورندگانش زیادمی شوند؛ و به جهت مالکش چه منفعت است غیراز آنکه آن را به چشم خود می‌بیند؟

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Quando os bens aumentam, os que os consomem também aumentam; e que vantagem há para o seu dono, exceto contemplá-los com os seus olhos?

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Onde os bens se multiplicam, ali se multiplicam também os que os cosomem; e que proveito pois tem seus donos, a não ser somente ver as riquezas com seus próprios olhos?

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Când bunurile cresc, se înmulțesc cei ce le mănâncă; și ce este mai de folos pentru proprietarii lor, decât să îi privească pe aceștia cu ochii lor.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кынд се ынмулцеск бунэтэциле, се ынмулцеск ши чей че ле папэ. Ши че фолос май аре дин еле стэпынул лор декыт кэ ле веде ку окий?

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сладок сон трудящегося, мало ли, много ли он съест; но пресыщение богатого не дает ему уснуть.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Gde je mnogo dobra, mnogo je i onih koji ga jedu; pa kakva je korist od toga gospodaru? Osim što gleda svojim očima.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Где је много добра, много је и оних који га једу; па каква је корист од тога господару? Осим што гледа својим очима.

Mashi Bible ☆

Îrò ly’omukozi lirhahimwa kununa, ciru akalya hinyi erhi hinji; ci omugale yêhe obwigusi bwâge burhamuzigira ahunga.

CC BY 4.0

Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Cuando los bienes se aumentan, también se aumentan sus comedores. ¿Qué bien, pues, tendrá su dueño, sino ver los con sus ojos?

Spanish BLL ☆

Mientras más bienes hay, más gente hay para gastarlos. ¿Y qué gana el dueño con tenerlos, aparte de quedarse mirándolos?

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Cuando aumentan los bienes, aumentan también los que los consumen. ¿Qué provecho tiene, pues, su dueño, sino verlo con sus propios ojos?

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Cuando aumentan los bienes, aumenta el número de consumidores; ¿Y qué beneficio tiene el dueño más que verlos?

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Cuando aumentan los bienes También aumentan los que los consumen. ¿Qué provecho tendrá su dueño Aparte de verlos con sus propios ojos?

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Revised West Version ☆

Koeʻuhi ʻi he tupulekina ʻae meʻa, ʻoku tupu foki ʻakinautolu ʻoku nau kai ia: pea ko e hā hono lelei kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻanautolu ia, ka ko ʻenau mamata pe ki ai ʻaki honau mata?

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Роботящий солодко спить, чи він ізїв мало, чи багацько; а пересит не дає багатому заснути в смак.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Роботящий солодко спить, чи він ізїв мало, чи багацько; а пересит не дає багатому заснути в смак.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Hễ của cải thêm nhiều chừng nào, kẻ ăn cũng thêm nhiều chừng nấy. Chủ của cải được ích gì hơn là xem thấy nó trước mặt chăng?

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

מְתוּקָה֙ שְׁנַ֣ת הָעֹבֵ֔ד אִם־מְעַ֥ט וְאִם־הַרְבֵּ֖ה יֹאכֵ֑ל וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר אֵינֶ֛נּוּ מַנִּ֥יחַֽ ל֖וֹ לִישֽׁוֹן׃