Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 5:11
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?
Amplified® Bible
When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes?
Contemporary English Version
The more you have, the more everyone expects from you. Your money won't do you any good--others will just spend it for you.
Darby English Version
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?
Good News Bible
The richer you are, the more mouths you have to feed. All you gain is the knowledge that you are rich.
King James Version
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?
New International Version
As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owner
except to feast his eyes on them?
New King James Version
When goods increase,
They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what advantage do their owners have except to look on?
Revised Standard Version
When goods increase, they increase who eat them; and what gain has their owner but to see 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?
