Ecclesiastes 5:14
As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, 1 He shall return back as he came, 1 And he shall receive nothing for his labor, 1 That it should go with him in his hand. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass that he that survives in thy house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, saying, Put me into one of thy priests’ offices to eat bread.
Job 1:21and said, 1 I myself came forth naked from my mother’s womb, 1 And naked shall I return thither: 1 The Lord gave, the Lord has taken away: 1 As it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; 1 Blessed be the name of the Lord. 1
Job 20:15His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; 1 A messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house. 1
Psalms 39:6O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, 1 And in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: 1 I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:26For God has given to the man 1 Who is good in his sight, 1 Wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: 1 But he has given to the sinner trouble, 1 To add and to heap up, 1 That he may give to him that is good before God; 1 For this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18
The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When 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? 12 The 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.… Read the whole commentary →