He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is a serious and severe evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt. American Standard Version (1901) There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt: Common English Bible I have seen a sickening tragedy under the sun: people hoard their wealth to their own detriment. Catholic Public Domain Version For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want. |
He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. ‘Get up,’ he said. ‘Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city! ’ But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he does not let anything he desires escape.
Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.
For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.
There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.
That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.
All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one person has authority over another to his harm.
On that day people will throw their worthless idols of silver and gold, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats.
Their silver and their gold will be unable to rescue them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will make a complete, yes, a horrifying end of all the inhabitants of the earth.
‘There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.’