He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).