Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.

King James Version

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Holman Bible

The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

International Standard Version

Whoever loves money will never have enough money. Whoever loves luxury will not be content with abundance. This also is pointless.

A Conservative Version

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

American Standard Version

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

Amplified

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its gain. This too is vanity (emptiness).

Bible in Basic English

He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

Darby Translation

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

Julia Smith Translation

He loving silver shall not be satisfied with silver; and whoever loved not the increase with the multitude. Also this is vanity.

King James 2000

He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance, with increase: this is also vanity.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!

Modern King James verseion

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with gain. This is also vanity.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that loveth money, will never be satisfied with money: and whoso delighteth in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Is not this also a vain thing?

NET Bible

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.

New Heart English Bible

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

The Emphasized Bible

He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver nor, he that loveth abundance, with revenue, - -even this, was vanity.

Webster

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

World English Bible

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

shall not be satisfied
שׂבע שׂבע 
Saba` 
Usage: 98

with silver
כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

with increase
תּבוּאה 
T@buw'ah 
Usage: 42

References

Context Readings

There Is Never Enough Money To Satisfy

9 A king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land. 10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. 11 When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to see them?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.

Matthew 6:24

You cannot serve two masters. You will hate one and love the other. You will be loyal to one master and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money (wealth) (material possessions).

Luke 12:15

Jesus said: Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Psalm 52:1

([Psalm of David]) Why do you brag about the evil you have done, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God endures continually!

Psalm 52:7

Here is the man who did not make God his strength (refuge) (stronghold). He trusted in the abundance of his riches. He strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Psalm 62:10

Do not count on extortion to make you rich. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.

Proverbs 30:15-16

The leach has two daughters. Each cry: Give, Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes; even four things never say: It is enough!

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I know that this also is a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:17-18

I hated life. Everything under the sun was evil to me. All is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

What happens to the sons of men also happens to animals. As the one dies so the other dies. Yes, they all have one breath so that a man has no advantage over animals. For all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have learned why people work so hard to succeed. It is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is vanity! It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them. Those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Habakkuk 2:5-7

Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.

Matthew 6:19

Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.

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