Ecclesiastes 5:10

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity."

Word-by-Word Analysis

He that

אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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כֶּסֶף

keçeph

H3701

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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shall not be

שָׂבַע

sâbaʻ

H7646

to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

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with

כֶּסֶף

keçeph

H3701

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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nor he that

אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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שִׁפְעָה

shiphʻâh

H8229

copiousness

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with

תְּבוּאָה

tᵉbûwʼâh

H8393

income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)

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this is also

הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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Key Terms in This Verse

satisfied H7646

שָׂבַע sâbaʻ

to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

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loveth H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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loveth H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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abundance H8229

שִׁפְעָה shiphʻâh

copiousness

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vanity H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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increase H8393

תְּבוּאָה tᵉbûwʼâh

income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)

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silver H3701

כֶּסֶף keçeph

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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silver H3701

כֶּסֶף keçeph

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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Cross References

1 Timothy 6:10 cross-reference

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Matthew 6:24 cross-reference

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 12:15 cross-reference

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Matthew 6:19 cross-reference

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Ecclesiastes 4:8 cross-reference

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I ...

Ecclesiastes 4:4 cross-reference

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 cross-reference

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This a...

Psalm 62:10 cross-reference

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Psalm 52:7 cross-reference

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 cross-reference

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 cross-reference

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a...

Ecclesiastes 4:16 cross-reference

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 cross-reference

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 6:7 cross-reference

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Psalm 52:1 cross-reference

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

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