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


In Context

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.

16 A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

17 All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 5:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:15As 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:15As 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15As he came into the world, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15As 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.