He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he…

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

In the original Hebrew

אֹהֵ֥ב כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לֹא־יִשְׂבַּ֣ע כֶּ֔סֶף וּמִֽי־אֹהֵ֥ב בֶּהָמֹ֖ון לֹ֣א תְבוּאָ֑ה גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃

Ecclesiastes 5:10

931 BC

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931 BC Old Testament Era

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 5:10).

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