Line by Line - Verse 53, Line 11

and have a superabundance of property and wealth;
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~

They have more possessions than they can use.
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~

Acquire excessive wealth
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~

They own more
than they could ever use,
let alone need.
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~

I'm sure we've all seen the statistics. The top 1 percent possesses about one-half of the world's wealth, while the bottom 50 percent owns very little. When so much wealth is concentrated in so few hands, it is guaranteed that a lot of people will suffer mightily.

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