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Ecclesiastes 5:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 14 Those riches were lost because of a disastrous venture,* and when he becomes a father to a son, he has nothing left in his possession.+

Ecclesiastes 5:14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 14 And those riches have perished+ because of a calamitous occupation, and he has become father to a son when there is nothing at all in his hand.+

Ecclesiastes 5:14

The Bible in Living English
- 14 and those riches are lost in some bad affair, and he has a son born, and he has nothing in his hands;

Ecclesiastes 5:14

American Standard Version
- 14 and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

The Emphasized Bible
- 14 and those riches perish by being ill employed,—and though he begetteth a son, yet is there in his hand nothing at all.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

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