Ecclesiastes 5:14 Parallel Translations

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.

ERV:

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath 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!

Ecclesiastes 5:14 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

Ecclesiastes 5:15 As he had come naked from his mother's womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:14 But those riches perish by evil labour: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his {l} hand.
(l) He does not enjoy his father's riches.

WES:

5:14 Perish - By some wicked practices, either his own, or of other men. Nothing - In the son's possession after his father's death.

MHC:

5:9-17 The goodness of Providence is more equally distributed than appears to a careless observer. The king needs the common things of life, and the poor share them; they relish their morsel better than he does his luxuries. There are bodily desires which silver itself will not satisfy, much less will worldly abundance satisfy spiritual desires. The more men have, the better house they must keep, the more servants they must employ, the more guests they must entertain, and the more they will have hanging on them. The sleep of the labourer is sweet, not only because he is tired, but because he has little care to break his sleep. The sleep of the diligent Christian, and his long sleep, are sweet; having spent himself and his time in the service of God, he can cheerfully repose in God as his Rest. But those who have every thing else, often fail to secure a good night's sleep; their abundance breaks their rest. Riches do hurt, and draw away the heart from God and duty. Men do hurt with their riches, not only gratifying their own lusts, but oppressing others, and dealing hardly with them. They will see that they have laboured for the wind, when, at death, they find the profit of their labour is all gone like the wind, they know not whither. How ill the covetous worldling bears the calamities of human life! He does not sorrow to repentance, but is angry at the providence of God, angry at all about him; which doubles his affliction.

CONC:

Adventure Bad Begetteth Begotten Business Chance Circumstance Destruction Evil Fathered Investment Labor Lost Misfortune Nothing Perish Riches Support Travail Venture Wealth

Adventure Bad Begetteth Begotten Destruction Evil Fathered Hand Labor Misfortune Perish Riches Support Travail Venture Wealth

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