Ecclesiastes 5:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

Young's Literal Translation
In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

King James Bible
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?

Hebrew
When good things
הַטּוֹבָ֔ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

increase,
בִּרְבוֹת֙ (bir·ḇō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

so do
רַבּ֖וּ (rab·bū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

those who consume them;
אוֹכְלֶ֑יהָ (’ō·wḵ·le·hā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

what then
וּמַה־ (ū·mah-)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is the profit
כִּשְׁרוֹן֙ (kiš·rō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3788: Success, advantage

to the owner,
לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ (liḇ·‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner

except
כִּ֖י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

to behold them
רְא֥וּת (rə·’ūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7200: To see

with his eyes?
עֵינָֽיו׃ (‘ê·nāw)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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