Ecclesiastes 5:13
Ecclesiastes 5:13-17 The Message (MSG)
Here’s a piece of bad luck I’ve seen happen: A man hoards far more wealth than is good for him And then loses it all in a bad business deal. He fathered a child but hasn’t a cent left to give him. He arrived naked from the womb of his mother; He’ll leave in the same condition—with nothing. This is bad luck, for sure—naked he came, naked he went. So what was the point of working for a salary of smoke? All for a miserable life spent in the dark?
Ecclesiastes 5:13 King James Version (KJV)
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 New Century Version (NCV)
I have seen real misery here on earth: Money saved is a curse to its owners.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 American Standard Version (ASV)
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt
Ecclesiastes 5:13 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners
Ecclesiastes 5:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.