13There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.


In Context

10 A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.

11 Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

12 Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat lttle or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

13 There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.

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

15 As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely,] riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:13I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:13There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.