Ecclesiastes 5:13

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 5:13

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Berean Standard Bible

There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

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KJV

King James Version

There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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WEB

World English Bible

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

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ASV

American Standard Version

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 5

¹¹ When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

¹² The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

¹³ There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

¹⁴ or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

¹⁵ As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

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