King James Version with Apocrypha
"But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand."
— Ecclesiastes 5:14, King James Version with Apocrypha
“But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.”
“and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, 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.”
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?
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.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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.
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?
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.