Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
There is
ישׁ 
Yesh 
is, be, have, there,
Usage: 135

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

under the sun
שׁמשׁ 
Shemesh 
Usage: 134

עשׁר 
`osher 
Usage: 37

שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

for the owners
בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 85

Context Readings

Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire

12 The sleep of the laborer is pleasant -- whether he eats little or much -- but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep. 13 Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery. 14 Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.


Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:1-2

Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:

Genesis 13:5-11

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

Genesis 14:16

He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people.

Genesis 19:14

Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said, "Quick, get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.

Genesis 19:26

But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:31-38

Later the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world.

Proverbs 1:11-13

If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Proverbs 11:24-25

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Ecclesiastes 8:9

While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.

Isaiah 32:6-8

For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth."

Luke 12:16-21

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

Luke 16:1-13

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

Luke 16:19

"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Luke 16:22-23

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 18:22-23

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Isaiah 2:20

At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"

1 Timothy 6:9-10

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

James 2:5-7

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

James 5:1-4

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

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