13 There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: (A)wealth being [a]hoarded by its owner to his detriment. 14 When that wealth was lost through bad business and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [b]to support him. 15 (B)As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will 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 in his hand

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