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


In Context

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.

16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors 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 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 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.