Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.
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].
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.
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 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. 15 Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:6-8
The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
1 Samuel 2:36
Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, 'Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.'"
1 Kings 14:26
He took away the treasures of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made.
Job 5:5
The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.
Job 20:15-29
The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
Job 27:16-17
If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
Psalm 39:6
Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away."
Psalm 109:9-12
May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!
Proverbs 23:5
When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind!
Haggai 1:9
You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the Lord who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!
Haggai 2:16-17
From that time when one came expecting a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures from it, there were only twenty.
Matthew 6:19-20
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.