Verse List for ECC 5:13

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OET (OET-RV) There’s a sad contradiction that I’ve seen in this world: ⇔ wealth hoarded up by its owner, but working to destroy him.

OET-LV [fn] and_it _was _lost the_wealth (the)_that in_a _business evil and_he _fathered a _son and_there_was_not in_his/its_hand anything.

ULT ⇔  There is a sickening misfortune I have seen under the sun: Wealth kept by its master to his harm.

UST ⇔  I have observed that money is the cause of another lamentable, gut-wrenching situation that can happen to people during their lives. I have watched someone diligently save all of his substantial income. But, rather than protecting him, his wealth ultimately caused him financial and emotional pain.

BSB & MSB There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

NET Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: ⇔ Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

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

FBV I observed something here that is really sickening:[fn] people who hoard money damage themselves.

T4T ¶  I have seen another terrible thing that happens here on the earth [MTY]: ⇔ People save up all their money and become rich, ⇔  but they are not helped by saving a lot of money,

LEB ¶  There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth _⌊hoarded_⌋[fn] by its owner to his harm.

BBE There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun — wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

Moff A sore evil have I seen in the world, wealth hoarded to the owner’s loss:

JPS (5-12) There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt;

ASV There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

DRA For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

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

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

RV There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

SLT There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil.

Wbstr There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.

KJB-1769 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

KJB-1611 There is a sore euill which I haue seene vnder the Sun, namely riches kept for the owners therof to their hurt.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne namely riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession:
(Yet is there a sore plague which I have seen under the sun namely riches kept to the hurt of him that hath/has them in possession:)

Gnva And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.
(And these riches perish by evil travel, and he begetteth a son, and in his hand is nothing.)

Cvdl Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession.
(Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the Son (namely) riches kept to the hurt of him it hath/has them in possession.)

Wycl For thei perischen in the worste turment; he gendride a sone, that schal be in souereyn nedynesse.
(For they perishing in the worst torment; he begat/gave_birth_to a son, that shall be in sovereign neediness.)

Luth Denn der Reiche kommt um mit großem Jammer; und so er einen Sohn gezeuget hat, dem bleibt nichts in der Hand.
(Because the/of_the rich_(person) comes around/by/for with large misery; and so he a son conceived has, to_him remains/stays nothing in the/of_the Hand.)

ClVg Pereunt enim in afflictione pessima: generavit filium qui in summa egestate erit.
(They_perish because in/into/on affliction worst: generated son who/which in/into/on sum/total poverty will_be.)

UHB 12 יֵ֚שׁ רָעָ֣ה חוֹלָ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַ⁠שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֹ֛שֶׁר שָׁמ֥וּר לִ⁠בְעָלָ֖י⁠ו לְ⁠רָעָתֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ πλοῦτος ἐκεῖνος ἐν περισπασμῷ πονηρῷ, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδέν.

BrTr And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.