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Ecclesiastes 5

Ecclesiastes 5:13 [5:14]

Cover of Ecclesiastes (Qohelet) — ZARZA Bible

and those riches lost in a bad venture; and he fathered a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 [5:14] · ZARZA Bible

Traditional numbering: 5:14

In context

11Sweet is the sleep of the laborer, whether he eats little or much; but the rich man’s fullness will not let him sleep. 12There is a sickening evil I have seen under the sun: riches hoarded by their owner to his own hurt, 13and those riches lost in a bad venture; and he fathered a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 14As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked he will go back as he came, and he will carry away nothing from his toil that he can take in his hand. 15And this too is a sickening evil: exactly as he came, so he goes; and what gain has he, that he toils for the wind?

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