Ecclesiastes 5:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 5:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 5:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 5:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.”

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;”

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.”

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:13 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5

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.

13 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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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:13 Mean?

Ecclesiastes 5:13 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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