Ecclesiastes 5:9 Cross References - Thomson

⁹ and the profit of land is for every one, a king is appendant to the cultivated field.

²⁹ Moreover God said, "Behold I have given you every seed bearing plant, the sowing seed which is on the whole earth, and every tree which hath in itself the fruit of seminal seed, you shall have for food: ³⁰ And to all the beasts of the earth, and to all the birds of the air, and to every reptile on the earth, which hath in it animal life, I have also given every green herb for food." And it was so.

¹⁷ And to Adam he said, "Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which alone I commanded thee not to eat, the ground is cursed by thy labours. With sorrows thou shalt eat of it all the days of thy life. ¹⁸ Thorns and thistles it shall cause to spring up for thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field. ¹⁹ By the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat thy bread until thou return into the earth out of which thou wast taken; for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return."

¹² and others to be made for him captains of hundreds, and captains of thousands, and some to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and to make his implements of war, and arms for his chariots. ¹³ And he will take your daughters for confectioners, and cooks, and bakers. ¹⁴ And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive orchards, and give them to his slaves. ¹⁵ And he will take the tenth of your crops, and vineyards, and give it to his officers and vassals. ¹⁶ He will take also your men servants, and your maid servants, and the best of your herds, and your asses, even the tenth of them, for his own works. ¹⁷ He will also take a tenth of your flocks; and you shall be his slaves.

⁷ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel to supply the king and his household, each to furnish supplies one month in the year, ⁸ and these were their names. Been son of Or on mount Ephraim, one. ⁹ Son Dakar, at Makis, and at Salabin, and at Baithsamys, and Elon even to Bethanon, another. ¹⁰ Son Esdi at Araboth; to him belonged Socho and all the land of Opher. ¹¹ And over all Nephador was son Aminadab, who had to wife Tephath, a daughter of Solomon, another. ¹² Bana son of Achiluth had Ithanach and Mageddo and all the house of San, which is by Sephanan below Esrae, and from Bethsan to Sabelmaula even to Maeberlukam, another. ¹³ Son Naber at Raboth Galaad; he had the district of Ergab in Basan, containing sixty large cities with walls and brasen bars, another. ¹⁴ Achinadab son of Saddo at Maanaim. ¹⁵ Achimaas, who married Basemmath a daughter of Solomon, was in Nephthaleim, another. ¹⁶ Bana son of Chousi in Asser and in Baaloth, another. ¹⁷ Josaphat son of Phaasud in Issachar. ¹⁸ Semei son of Ela in Benjamin. ¹⁹ Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, which belonged to Seon king of Esebon and Og king of Basan, and Naseph, one; in the land of Juda; ²⁰ [Omitted] ²¹ [Omitted] ²² Now these were the stated portions for Solomon every day, thirty cores of fine flour and sixty cores of barley meal; ²³ ten choice young beeves, and twenty beeves from the pasture, and one hundred sheep besides hinds and fallow deer, and fatted fowls;

²⁶ and over the husbandmen who tilled the ground was Esdri the son of Chelub; ²⁷ and over the fields, Semei the Raelite; and over the stores of wine in the vineyards Sabdi the son of Sephni; ²⁸ and over the olive yards and sycamine orchards in the plains, Ballanan the Gedorite: and over the stores of oil, Joas; ²⁹ and over the herds which pastured at Sharon, Satrai the Saronite; and over the cattle in the vales, Sophat the son of Adli; ³⁰ and over the camels, Abias the Ismaelite; and over the asses, Jadias the Merathonite; ³¹ and over the flocks, Jaziz the Agarite. All these were overseers of David's substance.

¹⁴ Thou art he who causeth grass to grow for cattle; even verdant grass for the service of man. That he may bring food out of the earth: ¹⁵ wine cheereth the heart of man: that he might exhilarate his countenance with oil; the heart of man is strengthened with bread.

¹⁶ To the Lord belongeth the heaven of heavens: and he hath given the earth to the sons of men.

²³ The righteous shall spend many years in wealth; but the unrighteous shall perish in a short time.

²³ Be careful to know the state of thy flock; and pay close attention to thy herd: ²⁴ for wealth and power do not continue with a man forever; nor can he transmit them from one generation to another. ²⁵ Take care of the herbage in thy field: mow grass and collect provender from the hills: ²⁶ that thou mayst have sheep for clothing. Honour the field that thou mayst have lambs. ²⁷ My son, thou hast sayings from me powerfully conducive to thy life: and the life of thy servants.

¹⁹ He who tilleth his own ground shall have plenty of bread; but he who followeth idleness, shall have plenty of poverty.

¹⁰ As for me, behold I reside before you, at Massepha to meet the Chaldeans who may come against you. But as for you, collect wine and summer fruits and oil and lay them up in your vessels and dwell in the cities which you have taken possession of. ¹¹ All the Jews also who were in Moab and among the Ammonites and those in Idumea and in all that country, when they heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant for Juda and had set Godolias son of Achikam over them, ¹² came to Godolias into the land of Juda to Massepha, and collected wine and summer fruits in great abundance, and oil.