13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: (A)riches being [a]hoarded by their owner to his hurt. 14 When those riches were lost through [b]a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [c]to support him. 15 (B)As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will (C)take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Lit guarded
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit an evil task
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit in his hand