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Ecclesiastes 5:14

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:14 WEB

Ecclesiastes 5:14 in the King James Version

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Context

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

14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

15 As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

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