Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.

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].

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.

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.

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!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עשׁר 
`osher 
Usage: 37

ענין 
`inyan 
Usage: 8

and he begetteth
ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

and there is nothing
מאוּמה 
M@uwmah 
Usage: 32

Verse Info

Context Readings

Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire

13 Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt; 14 and those riches perish, by being ill employed, - and though he begetteth a son, yet is there in his hand nothing at all. 15 As he came from his mother's womb, naked, he again departeth, as he came, - and, nothing, can he take of his toil, which he can carry in his hand.

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:6-8

Yahweh, doth kill, and make alive, - Taketh down to hades, and bringeth up:

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall be, that, any that is left in thy house, shall come bowing down to him for a small coin of silver, and for a cake of bread, and shall say: Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

1 Kings 14:26

and took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the house of the king, yea, the whole, took he away, - and took away all the bucklers of gold, which, Solomon, had made.

Job 5:5

Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

Job 20:15-29

Wealth, hath he swallowed, and hath vomited the same, Out of his belly, shall, GOD, drive it forth:

Job 27:16-17

Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,

Psalm 39:6

Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.

Psalm 109:9-12

Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, - whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Haggai 1:9

When ye looked for much, then lo! it came to little, when ye brought it home, then I did blow into it, - Because of what? Demandeth Yahweh of hosts, Because of my house, the which is in ruins, while ye keep running every man to his own house.

Haggai 2:16-17

So long were things thus, that, on coming unto a heap of twenty, then was it found to be ten, - on coming unto the vat to draw off fifty measures, then were there found to be twenty.

Matthew 6:19-20

Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;

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