There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThere is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).