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


In Context

11 In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit is to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

12 Sweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

13 There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

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

15 As 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.

16 And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for 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 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 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.