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.


In Context

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?

17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:15As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

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 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.