New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 5:11-15
111When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to 2look on? 12The sleep of the working man is 3pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the 4full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: 5riches being 6hoarded by their owner to his hurt. 14When those riches were lost through 7a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing 8to support him. 159As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will 10take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 5:11 Eccl 2:9 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 5:11 Lit see with their eyes ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 5:12 Prov 3:24 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 5:12 Lit satiety ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Eccl 6:2 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Lit guarded ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit an evil task ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit in his hand ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 5:15 Job 1:21 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 5:15 Ps 49:17; 1 Tim 6:7 ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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