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Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, `namely', riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
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BBE Ecclesiastes 5:13

And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.
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DARBY Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
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KJV Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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WBT Ecclesiastes 5:13

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WEB Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
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YLT Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 13-17. - Another view of the evils attendant upon riches is here presented: the owner may lose them at a stroke, and leave nothing for his children. This thought is presented in different lights. Verse 13. - There is also a sore evil which I have seen under the sun (so ver. 16). The fact that follows is, of course, not universally true, but occasionally seen, and is a very bitter evil. The Septuagint calls it ἀῥῤωστία; the Vulgate, infirmitas. Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt; rather, preserved by the possessor, hoarded and guarded, only to bring their lord added grief when by some reverse of fortune he loses them, as explained in what follows.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Sore evil.--Ecclesiastes 6:2; Jeremiah 14:17; Nahum 3:19.