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or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.King James Bible
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and 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.Young's 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!Ecclesiastes 5:14 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand - He has been stripped of his property by unfortunate trade or by plunderers; and he has nothing to leave to his children. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge those Ecclesiastes 2:26 For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives travail... Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance. Job 20:15-29 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly... Job 27:16,17 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay... Psalm 39:6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them. Proverbs 23:5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Haggai 1:9 You looked for much, and, see it came to little; and when you brought it home, I did blow on it. Why? said the LORD of hosts... Haggai 2:16,17 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten... Matthew 6:19,20 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal... and he 1 Samuel 2:6-8,36 The LORD kills, and makes alive: he brings down to the grave, and brings up... 1 Kings 14:26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all... Psalm 109:9-12 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow... Ecclesiastes 5:14 Parallel Commentaries
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Psalm 39:6 "Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
Ecclesiastes 5:15 Everyone comes naked from their mother's womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.
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