New International Version (NIV)
11As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
Ecclesiastes 5:11
Ecclesiastes 5:11 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
11When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to 5:11 Lit see with their eyeslook at them?
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
11When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?
Amplified Bible (AMP)
11When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what advantage is there to their owners except to see them with their eyes?
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
11When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
11As more and more goods are made,
more and more people use them up.
So how can those goods benefit their owners?
All they can do is look at them with desire.