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Ecclesiastes 5

Eccl. 5:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When goods
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
increase
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
, they are increased
rabab (Hebrew #7231)
properly, to cast together (compare 7241), i.e. increase, especially in number; also (as denominative from 7233) to multiply by the myriad
KJV usage: increase, be many(-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands.
Pronounce: raw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
that eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
them: and what good
kishrown (Hebrew #3788)
success, advantage
KJV usage: equity, good, right.
Pronounce: kish-rone'
Origin: from 3787
is there to the owners
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
thereof, saving
'im (Hebrew #518)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
KJV usage: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.
Pronounce: eem
Origin: a primitive particle
the beholding
r'iyth (Hebrew #7212)
sight
KJV usage: beholding.
Pronounce: reh-eeth'
Origin: from 7200
ra'avah (Hebrew #7207)
sight, i.e. satisfaction
KJV usage: behold.
Pronounce: rah-av-aw'
Origin: from 7200
of them with their eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 12:16• 16And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she-asses and camels. (Gen. 12:16)
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Gen. 13:2,5‑7• 2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
 5And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks, and herds, and tents.
 6And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.
 7And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land. (Gen. 13:2,5‑7)
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1 Kings 4:22‑23• 22And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
 23ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl. (1 Kings 4:22‑23)
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1 Kings 5:13‑16• 13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
 14And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, two months at home; and Adoniram was over the levy.
 15And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;
 16besides the overseers whom Solomon had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work. (1 Kings 5:13‑16)
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Neh. 5:17‑18• 17Moreover, there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers besides those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
 18Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. (Neh. 5:17‑18)
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Psa. 119:36‑37• 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,{HR}And not to gain,
 37Turn away mine eyes from seeing vanity;{HR}In thy way quicken me. (Psa. 119:36‑37)
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Eccl. 6:9• 9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire:{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 6:9)
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Eccl. 11:9• 9Rejoice, young man, in thy youth;{HR}And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,{HR}And walk in the ways of thy heart,{HR}And in the sight of thine eyes;{HR}But know that for all these [things]{HR}God will bring thee into judgment.{HR} (Eccl. 11:9)
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Josh. 7:21‑25• 21When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
 22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
 23And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before Jehovah.
 24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
 25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. (Josh. 7:21‑25)
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Prov. 23:5• 5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon what is not?{HR}For indeed it maketh itself wings, and it flieth away,{HR}As an eagle toward the heavens. (Prov. 23:5)
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Jer. 17:11• 11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jer. 17:11)
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Hab. 2:13• 13Behold, is it not of the Jehovah of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? (Hab. 2:13)
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1 John 2:16• 16because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (1 John 2:16)
• “If goods increase,” he continues, “the household necessary to care for them increases proportionately, and the owner gets no further satisfaction from them than their sight affords. (“Ecclesiastes 5” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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?

W. Kelly Translation

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When goods increase, they are increased that eat them:{HR}And what advantage is there to the owner thereof,{HR}Save the beholding of them with his eyes?