Ecclesiastes 5:13 | |
NASB: There is a grievous evil [which] I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt. (NASB ©1995) GWT: There is a painful tragedy that I have seen under the sun: Riches lead to the downfall of those who hoard them. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. ASV: There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt: BBE: There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall. DBY: There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt; JPS: There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt; WBS: There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt. WEB: There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm. YLT: There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil. | |
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