Ecclesiastes 5:13
King James Version (KJV)
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
In context
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15 As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
- WEB World English Bible
- There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
- ASV American Standard Version
- There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
- DBY Darby Translation
- There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
- WBS Webster Bible
- There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.