Ecclesiastes 5:11 Hebrew Word Analysis
| 0 | increase | בִּרְבוֹת֙ | h7235 |
| 1 | When goods | הַטּוֹבָ֔ה | h2896 |
| 2 | they are increased | רַבּ֖וּ | h7231 |
| 3 | that eat | אוֹכְלֶ֑יהָ | h398 |
| 4 | | וּמַה | h4100 |
| 5 | them and what good | כִּשְׁרוֹן֙ | h3788 |
| 6 | is there to the owners | לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ | h1167 |
| 7 | | כִּ֖י | h3588 |
| 8 | thereof saving | אִם | h518 |
| 9 | | רְא֥יּת | h7200 |
| 10 | of them with their eyes | עֵינָֽיו׃ | h5869 |
Other Translations
King James Version (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?
American Standard Version (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?
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
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?
World English Bible (WEB)
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?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit `is' to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?