Verse 11

When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den som jobber hardt, sover godt, uansett om han spiser lite eller mye, men de rikes overflod lar dem ikke hvile.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Når gode ting øker, øker også de som fortærer dem. Og hvilket gode har eieren av dem, annet enn å se dem med øynene?

• Norsk King James

  Når godene øker, er det flere som spiser dem; og hva er det gode ved eierskap til dem annet enn å se på dem med øynene?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For den som arbeider, er søvnen god, enten han spiser lite eller mye, men den rikes overflod lar ham ikke sove.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den arbeiders søvn er søt, enten han har lite eller mye å spise, men den rikes overflod gir ham ingen ro.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Når rikdom øker, øker de som spiser av den; og hva fordeler det eierne bortsett fra å se på dem med sine øyne?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Når eiendelene forøker seg, spiser de som forbruker dem for mye; men hva nytte har eierne, om de kun kan beundre dem med øynene?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Når rikdom øker, øker de som spiser av den; og hva fordeler det eierne bortsett fra å se på dem med sine øyne?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den arbeidsmannens søvn er søt, enten han spiser lite eller mye, men fylden til den rike gir ham ingen ro til å sove.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Arbeiderens søvn er søt, enten han spiser lite eller mye, men den rikes overflod tillater ham ikke å sove.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvo, der arbeider, ham er Søvnen sød, hvad enten han æder lidet eller meget, men den Riges Mættelse lader ham ikke sove.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Når eiendeler øker, øker også de som spiser dem: og hvilken nytte har eieren av dette, annet enn å betrakte dem med sine øyne?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Når rikdommen vokser, vokser også de som spiser den; og hva annet har eieren igjen enn å se at den blir fortært?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når goder øker, øker forbrukerne også, og hva får deres eier ut av det annet enn å se det med egne øyne?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når eiendeler øker, øker også de som spiser dem; og hva har eieren igjen annet enn å se på med sine øyne?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Den arbeidendes søvn er søt, enten han har lite eller mye mat, men den mettes søvn uteblir.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (5:10) When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:16 : 16 And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
• Gen 13:2 : 2 And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
• Gen 13:5-7 : 5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
• Josh 7:21-25 : 21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
• 1 Kgs 4:22-23 : 22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
• 1 Kgs 5:13-16 : 13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts; they were a month in Lebanon and two months at home, and Adoniram was in charge of the levy. 15 And Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains, 16 besides the chief officers of Solomon who were over the work, three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who worked in the construction.
• Neh 5:17-18 : 17 Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. 18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all sorts of wine. Yet in spite of all this, I did not demand the governor's provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
• Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way.
• Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
• Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
• Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?
• 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.