Ecclesiastes 5:11
  
 

 
 
 7235 [e]   11
bir·ḇō·wṯ   11
בִּרְבוֹת֙   11
When increase   11
Prep‑b | V‑Qal‑Inf   11
2896 [e]
haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh,
הַטּוֹבָ֔ה
goods
Art | N‑fs
7235 [e]
rab·bū
רַבּ֖וּ
they increase
V‑Qal‑Perf‑3cp
398 [e]
’ō·wḵ·le·hā;
אוֹכְלֶ֑יהָ
who eat them
V‑Qal‑Prtcpl‑mpc | 3fs
4100 [e]
ū·mah-
וּמַה־
so what have
Conj‑w | Interrog
3788 [e]
kiš·rō·wn
כִּשְׁרוֹן֙
profit
N‑ms
1167 [e]
liḇ·‘ā·le·hā,
לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ
the owners
Prep‑l | N‑mpc | 3fs
3588 [e]

כִּ֖י
except
Conj
518 [e]
’im-
אִם־
Except
Conj
 
rə·’î·yaṯ
[ראית]
 - 
N‑msc
7200 [e]
rə·’ūṯ
(רְא֥וּת)
to see [them]
N‑fsc
  
 
؟
 
 
 5869 [e]
‘ê·nāw.
עֵינָֽיו׃
with their eyes
N‑cdc | 3ms


















Parallel Strong's
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whengoodthings increase,the ones who consumethemmultiply;what,then,is the profittothe owner,exceptto gaze atthem with hiseyes?

New American Standard Bible
When goodthingsincrease,those who consumethem increase.So whatis the advantageto their ownersexceptto lookon?

King James Bible
When goodsincrease,they are increasedthat eatthem: and what good[is there] to the ownersthereof, savingthe beholding[of them] with their eyes?
Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
When possessions increase, so does the number of consumers; therefore what good are they to their owners, except to look at them?

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?

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?
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