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Ecclesiastes 5:14-16
International Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 5:14-16
International Standard Version
14 and that wealth is lost in troubled circumstances.
Then a son is born,
but there is nothing left for him.[a]
15 Just as he came naked from his mother’s womb,
he will leave[b] as naked as he came;
he will receive no profit from his efforts—
he cannot carry away even a handful.
16 This is also a painful tragedy:
However a person comes, he also departs;
so what does he gain as he labors after the wind?
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit. nothing in his hand
- Ecclesiastes 5:15 Lit. return
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