Ecclesiastes 5:11
When 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?
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English Standard Version
When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
New International Version
As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?
Catholic Public Domain Version
Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes