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


In Context

11 As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?

12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep.

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

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

15 Naked 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.

16 This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.