Ecclesiastes 5:9
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Practical wisdom about religious devotion: guard your steps when entering the house of God, let your words be few, and do not delay fulfilling vows. Qohelet observes that wealth hoarded or lost in bad ventures does not satisfy, and that …
Other Translations
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.
It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
Cross References
Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, …
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, …
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of …
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, …
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which …
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring …
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty …