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Ecclesiastes 5:13 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 5 · verse 13
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.Ecclesiastes 5:13 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:13 in context
11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- richesʻôsherwealthH6239 →
- ownersbaʻala masterH1167 →
- sorechâlâhproperly, to be rubbed or wornH2470 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- seenrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- keptshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
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Solomon had shown the vanity of pleasure, gaiety, and fine works, of honour, power, and royal dignity; and there is many a covetous worldling that will agree with him, and speak as slightly as he does of these things; but money, he thinks, is a substantial thing, and if he can but have enough of that he is happy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-17