13 There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: (A)wealth being [a]hoarded by its owner to his detriment. 14 When that wealth was lost through bad business and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [b]to support him. 15 (B)As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will return as he came. He will (C)take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Lit guarded
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit in his hand

13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:(A)

wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
14     or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when they have children
    there is nothing left for them to inherit.
15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
    and as everyone comes, so they depart.(B)
They take nothing from their toil(C)
    that they can carry in their hands.(D)

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