Ecclesiastes 5:14

In 11 translations

BSB

or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

KJV

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

WEB

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

ASV

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

LSV

And that wealth has been lost in an evil business, and he has begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

YLT

And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

DBY

or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

DRC5:13

For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

GNV5:13

And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

JPS5:13

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

LXXE5:13

And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

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Original-language editions

WLC5:13

וְאָבַ֛ד הָעֹ֥שֶׁר הַה֖וּא בְּעִנְיַ֣ן רָ֑ע וְהוֹלִ֣יד בֵּ֔ן וְאֵ֥ין בְּיָד֖וֹ מְאֽוּמָה׃KJV:Eccl.5.14

LXX-Br5:13

καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ πλοῦτος ἐκεῖνος ἐν περισπασμῷ πονηρῷ, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδέν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is…
• Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
• Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
• Job 20:15–29He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him. He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.…
• Haggai 2:16–17from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty. I struck you—all the work of your hands—with…
• Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
• Matthew 6:19–20Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where…
• 1 Kings 14:26He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
• Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
• Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
• Psalms 109:9–12May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his…
• 1 Samuel 2:6–8The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats…
• 1 Samuel 2:36And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

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