Ecclesiastes 5:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Ecclesiastes 5:14 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 5:14 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- 1 Samuel 2:36And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
- 1 Kings 14:26He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
- Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
- Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- Job 20:15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
- Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalms 49:18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
- Psalms 109:9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
- Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
- Haggai 2:16from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
- Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
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