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Ecclesiastes 5:14 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 5 · verse 14
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.Ecclesiastes 5:14 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:14 in context
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.
16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- begettethyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- travailʻinyânadoH6045 →
- nothingmᵉʼûwmâhproperly, a speck or pointH3972 →
- richesʻôsherwealthH6239 →
- perishʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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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