Ecclesiastes 5:13-17

English Standard Version

^13 (A)There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, ¹⁴ and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand. ^15 (B)As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. ¹⁶ This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what ^(C)gain is there to him who ^(D)toils for the wind? ¹⁷ Moreover, all his days he ^(E)eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.