Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
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.
New American Standard Bible
When those riches were lost through
King James Version
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Holman Bible
That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.
International Standard Version
and that wealth is lost in troubled circumstances. Then a son is born, but there is nothing left for him.
A Conservative Version
And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
American Standard Version
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Amplified
For when those riches are lost in bad investments and he becomes the father of a son, then there is nothing in his hand [for the support of the child].
Darby Translation
or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Julia Smith Translation
And those riches shall perish by evil labor: and he begetting a son, and not anything in his hand.
King James 2000
But those riches are lost by a bad venture: when he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, {he has nothing to leave to him}.
Modern King James verseion
But those riches perish by evil use. And he brings forth a son, and nothing is in his hand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For oft times they perish with his great misery and trouble: and if he have a child it getteth nothing.
NET Bible
Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.
New Heart English Bible
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
The Emphasized Bible
and those riches perish, by being ill employed, - and though he begetteth a son, yet is there in his hand nothing at all.
Webster
But those riches perish by evil labor: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
World English Bible
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Youngs Literal Translation
And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 5:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire
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. 15 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:6-8
The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.
1 Samuel 2:36
Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.
1 Kings 14:26
And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.
Job 5:5
Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.
Job 20:15-29
He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
Job 27:16-17
Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
Psalm 39:6
Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
Psalm 109:9-12
Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
Proverbs 23:5
Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Haggai 1:9
You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.
Haggai 2:16-17
How, when anyone came to a store of twenty measures, there were only ten: when anyone went to the wine-store to get fifty vessels full, there were only twenty.
Matthew 6:19-20
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.