American Standard Version
"and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. "
— Ecclesiastes 5:14, American Standard Version
“But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.”
“Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.”
“Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.”
“As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.”
“And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.”
“But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.”
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.