Ecclesiastes 5:15

וְגַם ־ זֹה רָעָה חוֹלָה כָּל ־ עֻמַּת שֶׁבָּא כֵּן יֵלֵךְ וּמַה ־ יִּתְרוֹן לוֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹל לָרֽוּחַ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

As 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.

In Context

14כַּאֲשֶׁר יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן אִמּוֹ עָרוֹם יָשׁוּב לָלֶכֶת כְּשֶׁבָּא וּמְאוּמָה לֹא ־ יִשָּׂא בַעֲמָלוֹ שֶׁיֹּלֵךְ בְּיָדֽוֹ ׃

16גַּם כָּל ־ יָמָיו בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יֹאכֵל וְכָעַס הַרְבֵּה וְחָלְיוֹ וָקָֽצֶף ׃

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Cross References

Job 1:21וַיֹּאמֶר עָרֹם יצתי מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי וְעָרֹם אָשׁוּב שָׁמָה יְהוָה נָתַן וַיהוָה לָקָח יְהִי שֵׁם יְהוָה מְבֹרָֽךְ ׃

Psalms 49:17אַל ־ תִּירָא כִּֽי ־ יַעֲשִׁר אִישׁ כִּֽי ־ יִרְבֶּה כְּבוֹד בֵּיתֽוֹ ׃

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 →

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