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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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)