Ecclesiastes 5:14
“But those riches perish by euill trauell; and he begetteth a sonne, and there is nothing in his hand.”
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Ecclesiastes 5:14 Context
12The sleepe of a labouring man is sweete, whether he eate little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleepe. 13There is a sore euill which I haue seene vnder the Sun, namely riches kept for the owners therof to their hurt. 14But those riches perish by euill trauell; and he begetteth a sonne, and there is nothing in his hand. 15As he came forth of his mothers wombe, naked shall he returne to goe as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16And this also is a sore euill, that in all points as he came, so shall hee goe: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the winde?
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Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 5:14
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.
- King James Version
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.
- Basic English Bible
or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
- Darby Bible
But those riches perish by evil labor: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
- Webster's Bible
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
- World English Bible
And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
- Youngs Literal Bible
(5:13) and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 5:14
5:14 Perish - By some wicked practices, either his own, or of other men. Nothing - In the son's possession after his father's death.