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Ecclesiastes 5:13

13 nThere is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun:

Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.

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Ecclesiastes 5:13 — The New International Version (NIV)

13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:

wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — English Standard Version (ESV)

13 There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — New Living Translation (NLT)

13 There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — New Century Version (NCV)

13 I have seen real misery here on earth:

Money saved is a curse to its owners.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

13 There is a painful tragedy that I have seen under the sun: Riches lead to the downfall of those who hoard them.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

13 There is a grievous ill that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owners to their hurt,

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

13 I’ve seen something very evil on earth.

It’s when wealth is stored up

and then brings harm to its owner.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.


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