Ecclesiastes 5:15 · KJV
“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.”
— Ecclesiastes 5:15
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and {there is} nothing in his hand.
And this also {is} a sore evil, {that} in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5 — Context
There is a sore evil {which} I have seen under the sun, {namely}, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and {there is} nothing in his hand.
15As 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.
16And this also {is} a sore evil, {that} in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and {he hath} much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Cross References
Job 1:21
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Psalms 49:17
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into {this} world, {and it is} certain we can carry nothing out.
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}
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