Ecclesiastes 5:13-17 ▼

13 There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

14 That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.

15 As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.

16 This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

17 What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much frustration, sickness, and anger.