Ecclesiastes 5:9

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 5:9

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

The profit

The king

1 Samuel 8:12

1 Kings 4:7

1 Chronicles 27:26

General references

1 Corinthians 12:22

Bible References

The profit

And God said - Lo! I have given to you - every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, - to you, shall it be, for food;

And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth;

As for the heavens, the heavens, belong to Yahweh, but the earth, hath he given to the sons of men.

Much food, is in the fallow ground of the poor, but there is that is swept away, for want of justice.

Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;

He that tilleth his ground, shall have plenty of bread, but, he that pursueth empty-heads, shall have plenty of poverty.

But as for me, behold me! remaining in Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who may come unto us, Ye, however, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your reties which ye have seized.

The king

and he will appoint for himself, princes of thousands, and princes of fifties, - and to plough his fields, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and the instruments of his chariots;

And, Solomon, had twelve governors over all Israel, who used to sustain the king and his household, - for a month in the year, was it appointed unto each one, to find sustenance.

And, over the workers of the field, for the tillage of the ground, was Ezri, son of Chelub.

General references

Nay! much more, the members which seem to be weaker are necessary,