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This too is meaningless. <a href="/nlt/ecclesiastes/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! <a href="/esv/ecclesiastes/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. <a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. <a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/5.htm">King James Bible</a> He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. <a href="/nkjv/ecclesiastes/5.htm">New King James Version</a> He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. <a href="/nasb_/ecclesiastes/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> One who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves abundance with its income. This too is futility. <a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. <a href="/nasb77/ecclesiastes/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. <a href="/lsb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its produce. This too is vanity. <a href="/amp/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its gain. This too is vanity (emptiness). <a href="/csb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile. <a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile. <a href="/asv/ecclesiastes/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. <a href="/cev/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> If you love money and wealth, you will never be satisfied with what you have. This doesn't make a bit of sense. <a href="/erv/ecclesiastes/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity. <a href="/gwt/ecclesiastes/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Whoever loves money will never be satisfied with money. Whoever loves wealth will never be satisfied with more income. Even this is pointless. <a href="/gnt/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless. <a href="/isv/ecclesiastes/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> Whoever loves money will never have enough money. Whoever loves luxury will not be content with abundance. This also is pointless. <a href="/msb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. <a href="/net/ecclesiastes/5.htm">NET Bible</a> The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile. <a href="/nheb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. <a href="/wbt/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. <a href="/web/ecclesiastes/5.htm">World English Bible</a> He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Whoever is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity. <a href="/ylt/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity. <a href="/slt/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> He loving silver shall not be satisfied with silver; and whoever loved not the increase with the multitude. Also this is vanity.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity. <a href="/cpdv/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 5:9>A greedy man will not be satisfied by money. And whoever loves wealth will reap no fruit from it. Therefore, this, too, is emptiness. <a href="/nabre/ecclesiastes/5.htm">New American Bible</a> The covetous are never satisfied with money, nor lovers of wealth with their gain; so this too is vanity. <a href="/nrsvce/ecclesiastes/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He who loves money shall not be satisfied with money; and he who loves wealth shall not retain it. This is also vanity. <a href="/hpbt/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver and he who loves money will not keep it, and this also is futility<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ecclesiastes/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase; this also is vanity. <a href="/sep/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity. <a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-2fxj-VcEg?start=909" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/5.htm">The Futility of Wealth</a> …9The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields. 10<a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ō·hêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">He who loves</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ke·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">money</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">is never</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: yiś·ba‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">satisfied</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ke·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">by money,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: ū·mî- (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">and he who</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ō·hêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">loves</a> <a href="/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995: be·hā·mō·wn (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Or hamon; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.">wealth</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">is never</a> <a href="/hebrew/8393.htm" title="8393: ṯə·ḇū·’āh (N-fs) -- Product, revenue. From bow'; income, i.e. Produce.">satisfied by income.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">too</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892: hā·ḇel (N-ms) -- Or Habel; from habal; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb.">is futile.</a> 11When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a> Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a> No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. <a href="/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15</a> And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” <a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm">Proverbs 23:4-5</a> Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. / When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a> Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” <a href="/mark/4-19.htm">Mark 4:19</a> but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. <a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm">Proverbs 11:28</a> He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage. <a href="/matthew/19-23.htm">Matthew 19:23-24</a> Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. / Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” <a href="/luke/16-13.htm">Luke 16:13</a> No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” <a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-17</a> Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. <a href="/proverbs/15-16.htm">Proverbs 15:16</a> Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. <a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalm 62:10</a> Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. <a href="/luke/18-24.htm">Luke 18:24-25</a> Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! / Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” <a href="/proverbs/28-20.htm">Proverbs 28:20</a> A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity.<a href="/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:8</a> There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.<a href="/ecclesiastes/6-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:7</a> All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.<a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1,7</a> To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually… this<a href="/ecclesiastes/1-17.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:17</a> And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.<a href="/ecclesiastes/2-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:11,17,18,26</a> Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun… <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:19</a> For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-9.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-8.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-9.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-8.htm">Income</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-9.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-3.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-11.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-7.htm">Meaningless</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-22.htm">Money</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-9.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-7.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-8.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-20.htm">Stores</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-16.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-12.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/songs/8-7.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-11.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-16.htm">Income</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-11.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/songs/1-7.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-9.htm">Meaningless</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-7.htm">Money</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-11.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-11.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-19.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-7.htm">Stores</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-2.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-13.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Ecclesiastes 5</div>1. <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-1.htm">vanities in divine service</a> 8. <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-8.htm">in murmuring against oppression</a> 9. <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-9.htm">and in riches</a> 18. <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-18.htm">Joy in riches is the gift of God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>He who loves money The phrase "loves money" is derived from the Hebrew word "אָהַב" (ahav), which means to have a deep affection or desire for something. In the context of Ecclesiastes, this love is not a mere appreciation but an all-consuming passion that can lead to idolatry. Historically, the pursuit of wealth has been a common human endeavor, yet the Bible consistently warns against making it an idol (<a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a>). The love of money can lead to a never-ending cycle of desire, where the heart is never truly at peace.is never satisfied by money The Hebrew word for "satisfied" is "שָׂבַע" (sava), which means to be filled or to have enough. The Preacher, traditionally understood to be Solomon, highlights a profound truth: material wealth can never truly fulfill the deepest longings of the human heart. Archaeological findings from ancient Near Eastern cultures reveal that wealth was often seen as a sign of divine favor, yet the wisdom literature of the Bible challenges this notion by emphasizing spiritual contentment over material abundance.and he who loves wealth The term "wealth" here is "הוֹן" (hon) in Hebrew, referring to abundance or riches. The love of wealth is portrayed as a parallel to the love of money, suggesting that both are rooted in a desire for more than what is necessary. Scripturally, wealth is not condemned in itself, but the love of it is cautioned against. The historical context of Solomon's reign, a time of great prosperity, serves as a backdrop for this warning, as even the wealthiest king recognized the emptiness of riches without God.is never satisfied by income "Income" is translated from the Hebrew "תְּבוּאָה" (tevuah), meaning produce or yield. This suggests that even the continual increase of wealth does not lead to satisfaction. The agricultural metaphor implies that just as crops are harvested seasonally, so too is income expected to grow, yet it still leaves the soul wanting. The biblical narrative often contrasts temporal gains with eternal treasures, urging believers to seek first the kingdom of God (<a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a>).This too is futile The word "futile" is "הֶבֶל" (hevel) in Hebrew, often translated as "vanity" or "meaninglessness." It conveys the idea of something transient, like a vapor or breath. Solomon's use of "hevel" throughout Ecclesiastes underscores the temporary nature of worldly pursuits. From a conservative Christian perspective, this futility points believers to the eternal satisfaction found only in a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. The historical and scriptural context of Ecclesiastes serves as a timeless reminder that true contentment is found not in earthly wealth, but in the riches of God's grace.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ecclesiastes/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 10-17. - The thought of the acts of injustice and oppression noticed above, all of which spring from the craving for money, leads the bard to dwell upon the evils that accompany this pursuit and possession of wealth, which is thus seen to give no real satisfaction. Avarice has already been noticed (<a href="/ecclesiastes/4-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:7-12</a>); the covetous man now reprobated is one who desires wealth only for the enjoyment he can get from it, or the display which it enables him to make, not, like the miser, who gloats over its mere possession. Various instances are given in which riches are unprofitable and vain. Verse 10. - He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver. "Silver," the generic name for money, as Greek ἀργύριον and French argent. The insatiableness of the passion for money is a common theme of poets, moralists, and satirists, and is found in the proverbs of all nations. Thus Horace ('Ep.,' 1:2. 56): "Semper avarus eget;" to which St Jerome alludes ('Epist.,' 53), "Antiquum dictum est, Avaro tam deest, quod habet, quam quod non habet." Comp. Juvenal, 'Sat.,' 14:139 - "Interea pleno quum forget sacculus ere, Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecnnia crevit." "For as thy strutting bags with money rise, The love of gain is of an equal size." (Dryden.) There is much more of similar import in Horace. See 'Carm.,' 2:2. 13, sqq.; 3:16. 17, 28; 'Ep.,' 2:2, 147; an, 1 Ovid, Fast.,' 1:211 - "Creverunt etopes et opum furiosa cupido, Et, quum possideant plura, plura volunt." "As wealth increases grows the frenzied thirst For wealth; the more they have, the more they want." Nor he that loveth abundance with increase. The Authorized Version scarcely presents the sense of the passage, which is not tautological, but rather that given by the Vulgate, Et qui amat divitias fructum non capiet exeis, "He who loveth abundance of wealth hath no fruit therefrom;" he derives no real profit or enjoyment from the luxury which it enables him to procure; rather it brings added trouble. And so the old conclusion is again reached, this is also vanity. Hitzig takes the sentence as interrogative, "Who hath pleasure in abundance which brings nothing in?" But such questions are hardly in the style of Kohelcth, and the notion of capital without interest is not a thought which would have been then understood. The Septuagint, however, reads the clause interrogatively, Καὶ τίς ἠγάπησεν ἐν πλήθει αὐτῶν (αὐτοῦ, al.) γέννημα; "And who has loved [or, has been content with] gain in its fullness?" But מִי is not necessarily interrogative, but here indefinite, equivalent to "whosoever." <a href="/commentaries/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>He who loves אֹהֵ֥ב (’ō·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f money כֶּ֙סֶף֙ (ke·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money is never לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no satisfied יִשְׂבַּ֣ע (yiś·ba‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> To be sated, satisfied or surfeited by money, כֶּ֔סֶף (ke·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money and he who וּמִֽי־ (ū·mî-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix loves אֹהֵ֥ב (’ō·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f wealth בֶּהָמ֖וֹן (be·hā·mō·wn) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1995.htm">Strong's 1995: </a> A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth is never לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no satisfied by income. תְבוּאָ֑ה (ṯə·ḇū·’āh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8393.htm">Strong's 8393: </a> Product, revenue This זֶ֖ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that too גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and is futile. הָֽבֶל׃ (hā·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1892.htm">Strong's 1892: </a> Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves silver shall not be (Ecclesiast. 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