Ecclesiastes 5:14
King James Version (KJV)
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
In context
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.
16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:14 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
- 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.