Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
New American Standard Bible
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun:
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.
Holman Bible
There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
International Standard Version
I have observed a painful tragedy on earth: Wealth hoarded by its owner harms him,
A Conservative Version
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches [were] kept by the owner of it to his hurt.
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
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.
Darby Translation
There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
Julia Smith Translation
There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil.
King James 2000
There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owners to their hurt.
Lexham Expanded Bible
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth {hoarded} by its owner to his harm.
Modern King James verseion
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for their owners to their hurt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.
NET Bible
Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.
New Heart English Bible
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
The Emphasized Bible
Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;
Webster
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.
World English Bible
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Youngs Literal Translation
There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
Interlinear
Chalah
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Ra'ah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 5:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire
12 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come. 13 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall. 14 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:1-2
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;
Genesis 13:5-11
And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;
Genesis 14:16
And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the people.
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife, looking back, became a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:31-38
And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:
Proverbs 1:11-13
If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
Proverbs 1:19
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
Proverbs 1:32
For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
Proverbs 11:4
Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
Proverbs 11:24-25
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.
Isaiah 32:6-8
For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
Zephaniah 1:18
Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
Luke 12:16-21
And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:
Luke 16:1-13
And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.
Luke 16:19
Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
Luke 16:22-23
And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
Luke 18:22-23
And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.
Isaiah 2:20
In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
James 2:5-7
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
James 5:1-4
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.