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Ecclesiastes 5:14

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

KJV

Sicut egressus est nudus de utero matris suæ, sic revertetur, et nihil auferet secum de labore suo.

Vulgate

καθὼς ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ γυμνός, ἐπιστρέψει τοῦ πορευθῆναι ὡς ἥκει, καὶ οὐδὲν οὐ λήμψεται ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα πορευθῇ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

LXX

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

ASV

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָצָא֙ מִ/בֶּ֣טֶן אִמּ֔/וֹ עָר֛וֹם יָשׁ֥וּב לָ/לֶ֖כֶת כְּ/שֶׁ/בָּ֑א וּ/מְא֨וּמָה֙ לֹא יִשָּׂ֣א בַ/עֲמָל֔/וֹ שֶׁ/יֹּלֵ֖ךְ בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
י
y
noun · 72×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מְא֔וּמָה
m'vmh
noun · 32×
עָר֣וֹם
'rvm
adjective · 16×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
  • Eccl 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This a
  • Hag 1:9 — Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own hou
  • Hag 2:16 — Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
  • Job 5:5 — Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
  • Job 20:15 — He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
  • Matt 6:19 — Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
  • Prov 23:5 — Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Ps 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.