Ecclesiastes 5:9 {8}
Good News Translation
Even a king depends on the harvest.

New Revised Standard Version
But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a plowed field.

Contemporary English Version
And since the king is the highest official, he benefits most from the taxes paid on the land.

New American Bible
But profitable for a land in such circumstances is a king concerned about cultivation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

the profit

Genesis 1:29,30 And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat: . . .

Genesis 3:17-19 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. . . .

Psalm 104:14,15 Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth: . . .

Psalm 115:16 The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Proverbs 13:23 Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.

Proverbs 27:23-27 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks: . . .

Proverbs 28:19 He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.

Jeremiah 40:10-12 Behold I dwell in Masphath, that I may answer the commandment of the Chaldeans that are sent to us: but as for you, gather ye the vintage, and the harvest, and the oil, and lay it up in your vessels, and abide in your cities which you hold. . . .

the king

1 Samuel 8:12-17 And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots. . . .

1 Kings 4:7-23 And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and for his house hold: for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year. . . .

1 Chronicles 27:26-31 And over the tillage, and the husbandmen, who tilled the ground, was Ezri the son of Chelub: . . .

Context
The Futility of Wealth
8If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these: 9Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.10A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:

Ecclesiastes 5:10
A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:8
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