Ecclesiastes 5:13
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 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
13 There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun:
Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.
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.