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## This, too, is vapor ##
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Just as a vapor has no substance, so there is no satisfaction in desiring money. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## As prosperity increases ##
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AT: "As a person becomes more prosperous" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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## so also do the people who consume it ##
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Possible meanings are 1) "so also the person spends more money" or 2) "so also there will be more people who use his wealth."
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## What advantage in wealth is there to the owner except to watch it with his eyes? ##
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AT: "The only benefit that the owner has from wealth is that he can look at it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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