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Ecclesiastes 5:13

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There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

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Ecclesiastes 5:13 in other translations

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

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Ecclesiastes 5:13 in context

  1. 11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?
  2. 12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
  3. 13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
  4. 14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
  5. 15As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.