They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?
Whether he eats little or much;
But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.
To go as he came;
And he shall take nothing from his labor
Which he may carry away in his hand.
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go.
And awhat profit has he bwho has labored for the wind?
| << Ecclesiastes 5:12 | Ecclesiastes 5:14 >> |
American Standard Version
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, `namely', riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
Amplified® Bible
There is a serious {and} severe evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt.
Contemporary English Version
I have seen something terribly unfair. People get rich, but it does them no good.
Darby English Version
There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
Good News Bible
Here is a terrible thing that I have seen in this world: people save up their money for a time when they may need it,
King James Version
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
New American Standard Bible
There is a grievous evil {which} I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
New International Version
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
New King James Version
There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun:
Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
A grievous evil I have seen under the sun: riches hoarded by their owner hurts him.
Revised Standard Version
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
Young's Literal Translation
There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
| << Ecclesiastes 5:12 | Ecclesiastes 5:14 >> |
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