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But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a plowed field.[a]

10 The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.

11 When goods increase, those who eat them increase; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:9 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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