Ecclesiastes 5:14 | |
NASB: When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him. (NASB ©1995) GWT: These hoarded riches were then lost in bad business deals. The owners had children, but now they have nothing to give them. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. ASV: and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. BBE: And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand. DBY: or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. JPS: and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. WBS: But those riches perish by evil labor: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. WEB: Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand. YLT: And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand! | |
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