Ecclesiastes 5:14
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 5:14 King James Version (KJV)
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 New Century Version (NCV)
They lose it all in a bad deal and have nothing to give to their children.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 American Standard Version (ASV)
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
But those riches perish through misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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].