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Ecclesiastes 5:8-10
Lexham English Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:8-10
Lexham English Bible
Powerful Bureaucrats Exploit the Helpless Poor
8 Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence
or do not see justice and righteousness in the province.
For one official is watched by a higher official,
and there are even higher officials over them!
9 The produce of the land is exploited by everyone;
even the king profits from the field of the poor![a]
There is Never Enough Money to Satisfy
10 Whoever loves money is not satisfied with money,
and whoever loves wealth is not satisfied with profit.
This also is vanity!
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:9 Literally “for the field is even worked for the king”
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