There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
KJV
Hebrew original
וְ/אָבַ֛ד הָ/עֹ֥שֶׁר הַ/ה֖וּא בְּ/עִנְיַ֣ן רָ֑ע וְ/הוֹלִ֣יד בֵּ֔ן וְ/אֵ֥ין בְּ/יָד֖/וֹ מְאֽוּמָה
Louis Segond 1910
Il est un mal grave que j'ai vu sous le soleil: des richesses conservées, pour son malheur, par celui qui les possède.
KJV
There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
For an immersive study of Ecclesiastes 5:13 — meditation, lectio divina, exegesis, theology — discover Open Study Bible.
Full study →