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Ecclesiastes 5:15

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15*We leave this world just as we entered it—with nothing. In spite of all our work there is nothing we can take with us.

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Cross references

  1. *5.15: Job 1:21; Ps 49:17; 1 Ti 6:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As he came from his mother’s womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,

and as everyone comes, so they depart.

They take nothing from their toil

that they can carry in their hands.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.

NLTNew Living Translation

We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Just as he came from his mother’s womb naked, he will depart just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil.

KJV 1900King 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.