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Ecclesiastes 5:13

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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 other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 5:13 in context

  1. 11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
  2. 12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
  3. 13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
  4. 14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
  5. 15As he came out of 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.