Ecclesiastes 5:13

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11 When goods increase,
They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet,
Whether he eats little or much;
But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.

13 ^aThere is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun:
Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.

14 But those riches perish through¹ misfortune;
When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.

15 ^aAs he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return,
To go as he came;
And he shall take nothing from his labor
Which he may carry away in his hand.

16 And this also is a severe evil—
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go.
And ^awhat profit has he ^bwho has labored for the wind?

17 All his days ^ahe also eats in darkness,
And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.

18 Here is what I have seen: ^aIt is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; ^bfor it is his heritage.

19 As for ^aevery man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his¹ heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the ^bgift of God.

20 For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 5:13

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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.

New English Translation
Here is¹ a misfortune² on earth³ that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

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