Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 5:10
10He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He who loves | אֹהֵ֥ב | ’ō·hêḇ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H157 love |
| money | כֶּ֙סֶף֙ | ke·sep̄ | Noun - masculine singular | H3701 silver, money |
| is never | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| satisfied | יִשְׂבַּ֣ע | yiś·ba‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
| by money | כֶּ֔סֶף | ke·sep̄ | Noun - masculine singular | H3701 silver, money |
| and he who | וּמִֽי־ | ū·mî- | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| loves | אֹהֵ֥ב | ’ō·hêḇ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H157 love |
| wealth | בֶּהָמ֖וֹן | be·hā·mō·wn | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance |
| is never | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| by income | תְבוּאָ֑ה | ṯə·ḇū·’āh | Noun - feminine singular | H8393 product, revenue |
| This | זֶ֖ה | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| too | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| is futile | הָֽבֶל׃ | hā·ḇel | Noun - masculine singular | H1892 vapour, breath |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Timothy 6:10 · Matthew 6:24 · Luke 12:15 · Matthew 6:19 · Ecclesiastes 4:8 · Ecclesiastes 4:4 · Ecclesiastes 2:26 · Psalm 62:10 · Psalm 52:7 · Habakkuk 2:5–7 · Ecclesiastes 2:11 · Ecclesiastes 3:19
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.