The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 5:10 Explained

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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

YLT: Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.

Darby: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ecclesiastes 5:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 5

1  vanities in divine service
8  in murmuring against oppression
9  and in riches
18  Joy in riches is the gift of God

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 5:10 mean?

He who loves silver not will be satisfied with silver and who loves abundance not [with its] income Also this [is] vanity
אֹהֵ֥ב כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לֹא־ יִשְׂבַּ֣ע כֶּ֔סֶף וּמִֽי־ אֹהֵ֥ב בֶּהָמ֖וֹן לֹ֣א תְבוּאָ֑ה גַּם־ זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל

אֹהֵ֥ב  He  who  loves 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
כֶּ֙סֶף֙  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
יִשְׂבַּ֣ע  will  be  satisfied  with 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
כֶּ֔סֶף  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
וּמִֽי־  and  who 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interrogative
Root: מִי  
Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever.
אֹהֵ֥ב  loves 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
בֶּהָמ֖וֹן  abundance 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הָמֹון 
Sense: (Qal) murmur, roar, crowd, abundance, tumult, sound.
תְבוּאָ֑ה  [with  its]  income 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּבוּאָה  
Sense: produce, product, revenue.
גַּם־  Also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
זֶ֖ה  this 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
הָֽבֶל  [is]  vanity 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֶבֶל  
Sense: vapour, breath.