Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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10 The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth [is] never [satisfied] with income. This too is futile.
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Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
11 When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?
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As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?
12 The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.
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The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.
13 There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
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I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
14 That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.
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or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.
15 As he came from his mother's womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.
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Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.
16 This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does he gain who struggles for the wind?
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This too is a grievous evil: As everyone comes, so they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil for the wind?
17 What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
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All their days they eat in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.
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