And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
WEB
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Parallel Translations
And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:1–2Luke 18:22–23Luke 16:22–23Genesis 19:14James 5:1–4Proverbs 11:4Ecclesiastes 8:9Luke 12:16–21Proverbs 1:11–13Zephaniah 1:18Proverbs 11:24–25Luke 16:1–13Proverbs 1:19Proverbs 1:32Isaiah 32:6–8
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