Ecclesiastes 5:14 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁴ Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ But those riches are lost in a bad venture; and he becomes the father of a son, and there is nothing in his hand [with which to support the child].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Then that wealth is lost in a bad business venture so that when they have children, they are left with nothing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Just as he went forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and he shall take nothing with him from his labors.

Ecclesiastes 5:14 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 14:26

and he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Shlomo had made.

Job 1:21

He said, *Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.*

Job 5:5

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

Psalm 39:6

*Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

Psalm 49:18

Though while he lived he blessed his soul-- and men praise you when you do well for yourself--

Proverbs 23:5

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

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

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As 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.

Haggai 1:9

*You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?* says the LORD of Armies, *Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

1 Samuel 2:36

It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the Kohanim' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.