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13 There is something very wrong which I have seen under the sun: Riches being kept by the owner and he is hurt by them. 14 When those riches are lost because he used them in a wrong way, and he had become the father of a son, there was nothing left for him. 15 A man comes from his mother without clothing, and he will go as he came. He will take nothing from his work that he can carry in his hand.

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13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:(A)

wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
14     or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when they have children
    there is nothing left for them to inherit.
15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
    and as everyone comes, so they depart.(B)
They take nothing from their toil(C)
    that they can carry in their hands.(D)

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