Ecclesiastes 5:9
“¶ Moreouer the profit of the earth is for all: the king himselfe is serued by the field.”
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Ecclesiastes 5:9 Context
7For in the multitude of dreames and many words, there are also diuers vanities: but feare thou God. 8¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poore, and violent peruerting of iudgement, and iustice in a prouince, maruell not at the matter: for he that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they. 9¶ Moreouer the profit of the earth is for all: the king himselfe is serued by the field. 10Hee that loueth siluer shall not be satisfied with siluer; nor he that loueth abundance, with increase: this is also vanitie. 11When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, sauing the beholding of them with their eyes?
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Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
- King James Version
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
- New American Standard Version (1995)