Ecclesiastes 5:11

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?

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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?

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?

KJV

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?

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?

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?

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