Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionAs goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? English Standard Version When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? Berean Study 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? 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? 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? American Standard Version 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? Darby Bible 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 Bible 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? English 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? 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? Links Ecclesiastes 5:11 Bible HubEcclesiastes 5:11 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 5:11 Open Bible |