Ecclesiastes 5:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity.

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

Hebrew
He who loves
אֹהֵ֥ב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

money
כֶּ֙סֶף֙ (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

is never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

satisfied
יִשְׂבַּ֣ע (yiś·ba‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

by money,
כֶּ֔סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

and he who
וּמִֽי־ (ū·mî-)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

loves
אֹהֵ֥ב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

wealth
בֶּהָמ֖וֹן (be·hā·mō·wn)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1995: A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth

is never
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

satisfied by income.
תְבוּאָ֑ה (ṯə·ḇū·’āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8393: Product, revenue

This
זֶ֖ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

too
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

is futile.
הָֽבֶל׃ (hā·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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