14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.


In Context

11 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?

12 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.

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

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

15 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.

16 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?

Ecclesiastes 5:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:14or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:14For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14But those riches perish by evil labor: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.