Ecclesiastes 5:14
and those riches perish, by being ill employed,—and though he begetteth a son, yet is there in his hand nothing at all.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
13Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:36And it shall be, that, any that is left in thy house, shall come bowing down to him for a small coin of silver, and for a cake of bread, and shall say: Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
Job 1:21and said—Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked must I return thither, Yahweh, gave, and, Yahweh, hath taken away,—The name of Yahweh be blessed!
Job 20:15Wealth, hath he swallowed, and hath vomited the same, Out of his belly, shall, GOD, drive it forth:
Psalms 39:6Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.
Psalms 109:9Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;
Ecclesiastes 2:26For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness,—whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
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 →