Ecclesiastes 5:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

English ASV

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

English Amplified

Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field and in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field and in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king [himself] is dependent upon the field.

English EASY 2024

All of them take something for themselves from the land. The king himself receives his share of the crops.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Even the king is a slave— his country owns him.

But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Even a king depends on the harvest.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Yet, a king is an advantage for a country with cultivated fields.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

English KJV 1611

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

English LSB

But the advantage of the land in everything is this—a king committed to a cultivated field.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But this is an advantage to the land in every way: a king committed to a cultivated field.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The covetous man is never satisfied with money, and the lover of wealth reaps no fruit from it; so this too is vanity.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

All of them take what the land produces. And the king himself takes his share from the fields.

English NIV

The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

English NKJ 1982

Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.

English NLT

Even the king milks the land for his own profit!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a plowed field.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

And over them all is the king. Oh, for a king who is devoted to his country! Only he can bring order from this chaos.

English Tyndale 1537

The whole land also with the fields and all that is therein, is in subjection and bondage unto the king.

Ecclesiastes 5:9 — Compare Translations