Ecclesiastes 5:14 “or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there i…”

Ecclesiastes 5:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shall beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

Darby Translation

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

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!

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“those”

Ecclesiastes 2:26 Job 5:5 Job 20:15–29 Proverbs 23:5 Haggai 1:9 Psalm 39:6

Ecclesiastes 2:26 · BSB

To 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 futile…

Job 5:5 · BSB

The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 20:15–29 · BSB

He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

Proverbs 23:5 · BSB

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Haggai 1:9 · BSB

You 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.

Psalm 39:6 · BSB

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

“and he”

1 Samuel 2:6–8 1 Samuel 2:36 1 Kings 14:26 Psalm 109:9–12

1 Samuel 2:6–8 · BSB

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

1 Samuel 2:36 · BSB

And 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.”’”

1 Kings 14:26 · BSB

He 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.

Psalm 109:9–12 · BSB

May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

15As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

Read Ecclesiastes 5