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Ecclesiastes 5:14

NETBible	Then that wealth was lost through bad luck;¹ although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.²
NIV © biblegateway Ecc 5:14	or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 5:14	When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
NLT © biblegateway Ecc 5:14	or they are put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one’s children.
MSG © biblegateway Ecc 5:14	And then loses it all in a bad business deal. He fathered a child but hasn't a cent left to give him.
BBE © SABDAweb Ecc 5:14	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Ecc 5:14	and those riches were lost in a bad venture; though they are parents of children, they have nothing in their hands.
NKJV © biblegateway Ecc 5:14	But those riches perish through misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.
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KJV	But those riches <06239> perish <06> (8804) by evil <07451> travail <06045>_: and he begetteth <03205> (8689) a son <01121>_, and [there is] nothing <03972> in his hand <03027>_.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 5:14	When those <01931> riches <06239> were lost <06> through a bad <07451> investment <06045> and he had fathered <03205> a son <01121> , then there <0369> was nothing <0369> <3972> to support <03027> him.
LXXM	(5:13) kai <2532> CONJ apoleitai {V-FMI-3S} o <3588> T-NSM ploutov <4149> N-NSM ekeinov <1565> D-NSM en <1722> PREP perispasmw {N-DSM} ponhrw <4190> A-DSM kai <2532> CONJ egennhsen <1080> V-AAI-3S uion <5207> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV estin <1510> V-PAI-3S en <1722> PREP ceiri <5495> N-DSF autou <846> D-GSM ouden <3762> A-NSN
NET [draft] ITL	Then that <01931> wealth <06239> was lost <06> through bad <07451> luck <06045> ; although he fathered <03205> a son <01121> , he has nothing <03972> left to give him.
HEBREW	hmwam <03972> wdyb <03027> Nyaw <0369> Nb <01121> dylwhw <03205> er <07451> Nyneb <06045> awhh <01931> rseh <06239> dbaw <06> (5:14) <5:13>

NETBible

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck;¹ although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.²

NET Notes

¹tn Or “through a bad business deal.” The basic meaning of עִנְיַן (’inyan) is “business; affair” (HALOT 857 s.v. עִנְיָן) or “occupation; task” (BDB 775 s.v. עִנְיָן). The term is used in a specific sense in reference to business activity (Eccl 8:16), as well as in a more general sense in reference to events that occur on earth (Eccl 1:13; 4:8). BDB suggests that the phrase עִנְיַן רָע (’inyan ra’) in 5:13 refers to a bad business deal (BDB 775 s.v. עִנְיָן); however, HALOT suggests that it means “bad luck” (HALOT 857 s.v. עִנְיָן). The English versions reflect the same two approaches: (1) bad luck: “some misfortune” (NAB, NIV) and (2) a bad business deal: “a bad investment” (NASB), “a bad venture” (RSV, NRSV, MLB), “some unlucky venture” (Moffatt, NJPS), “an unlucky venture” (NEB), “an evil adventure” (ASV).

²tn Heb “there is nothing in his hand.”