Ecclesiastes 5:11

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?

Translations

When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes?

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?

When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

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?

When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

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?

Cuando aumentan los bienes,
aumentan también los que los consumen.
Asì, pues, ¿cuál es la ventaja para sus dueños, sino verlos con sus ojos?

The more loot you get, the more looters show up.
And what fun is that—to be robbed in broad daylight?

When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?

Cuando aumentan los bienes,
Aumentan también los que los consumen.
Asì, pues, ¿cuál es la ventaja para sus dueños, sino verlos con sus ojos?

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?

In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

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