Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. Treasury of Scripture the profit Genesis 1:29,30 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree... Genesis 3:17-19 And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying... Psalm 104:14,15 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth... Psalm 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth has he given to the children of men. Proverbs 13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. Proverbs 27:23-27 Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds... Proverbs 28:19 He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after vain persons shall have poverty enough. Jeremiah 40:10-12 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come to us: but you, gather you wine... the king 1 Samuel 8:12-17 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground... 1 Kings 4:7-23 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household... 1 Chronicles 27:26-31 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub...
Context Wealth is Meaningless
8If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards; and there be higher than they. 9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand. 16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he that has labored for the wind? 17All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. 18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he takes under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him: for it is his portion. 19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. 20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answers him in the joy of his heart. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
Darby Bible Translation
Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king himself is dependent upon the field.
King James Bible
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Young's Literal Translation
And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.
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