¹³There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded^e by its owner to his harm. ¹⁴That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, he has nothing to leave to him.^f ¹⁵Just as he came from his mother’s womb naked, he will depart^g just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil. ¹⁶This also is a grievous illness. Exactly as he came, so he will go. What profit does he gain for all his toil for the wind? ¹⁷Also, he eats in darkness all his days; he is frustrated in much sickness and resentment.

If You Have Wealth, Enjoy It as God Enables

¹⁸Look! I have discovered what is good and fitting: to eat and to drink and to enjoy^h all the fruit of the toil with which one toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life that God gives to him—for this is his lot.ⁱ ¹⁹This indeed is a gift of God: everyone to whom God gives wealth and possessions, he also empowers him to enjoy them,^j to accept his lot, and to rejoice in the fruit of his toil. ²⁰For he does not remember the brief days of his life, for God keeps his heart preoccupied with enjoyment of life.

Read in Logos

Ecclesiastes 5:19: Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

Footnotes

dLiterally “And what gain has its owner but to see it with his eyes?”
eLiterally “kept ”
fLiterally “he has nothing in his hand”
gLiterally “return to go”
hLiterally “to see goodness”
iOr “fate”
jLiterally “to eat from it”