Ecclesiastes 5:9

Hebrew	אֹהֵ֥ב כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לֹא יִשְׂבַּ֣ע כֶּ֔סֶף וּמִֽי אֹהֵ֥ב בֶּהָמ֖וֹן לֹ֣א תְבוּאָ֑ה גַּם זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל
ESV	But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.
NIV	The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
NLT	Even the king milks the land for his own profit!
LXX	καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” περισσεία γῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. παντίplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπᾶς greek Meaning * All * Every * The whole Adjective. Usage in the New Testament The sense of πᾶς depends on whether it modifies a singular or plural noun, and whether that noun is countable or uncountable. With singular countable nouns → "every" John 1:9John 3:16Romans 5:12Matthew 28:19Colossians 1:16Romans 3:23Romans 3:23John 3:16Colossians 1:17 ἐστιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. βασιλεὺς τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀγροῦ εἰργασμένου
KJV	Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

^{Ecclesiastes 5:8 ← Ecclesiastes 5:9 → Ecclesiastes 5:10}

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