Eclesiastés 5:14
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Context
This verse from Eclesiastés Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. La carga de Babilonia: el día del Señor destruirá la soberbia del mundo y llenará a los impíos de terror; el cielo oscurecerá sus luminares y el hombre será más escaso que el oro de Ofir. Babilonia será como Sodoma …
Otras traducciones
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.
Referencias cruzadas
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them …
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to …
And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he …
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their …
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth …