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


In Context

10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

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

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

15 As 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.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:13There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the 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 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.