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Ecclesiastes 5:13

Money and wealthWorry and anxiety

11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

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

14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

15 As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

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Compare

BSB
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
KJV
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
WEB
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
ASV
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
DARBY
There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
BLB
There is a sickening evil I have seen under the sun: Riches guarded for their owner, to his harm,
ÅB
Der er et stort onde, som jeg har sett under solen: rikdom gjemt av sin eier til hans egen ulykke.
OTB
Det er en alvorlig ondskap jeg har sett under solen: rikdom samlet til skade for sin eier,
B1930
Der er et stort onde, som jeg har sett under solen: rikdom gjemt av sin eier til hans egen ulykke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 6:1–2

    There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

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  • Luke 18:22–23

    Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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  • Luke 16:22–23

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

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  • Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

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  • James 5:1–4

    Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

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  • Isaiah 32:6–8

    For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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  • Proverbs 11:24–25

    There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

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  • Genesis 14:16

    And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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