Ecclesiastes 5:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
In context
12 The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
13 There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
14 or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
15 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
16 This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
- KJV King James Version
- But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
- WEB World English Bible
- Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
- ASV American Standard Version
- and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
- DBY Darby Translation
- or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But those riches perish by evil labor: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.