Ecclesiastes 5:13-17

New International Reader's Version

It’s when wealth is stored up
    and then brings harm to its owners.
¹⁴ It’s also when wealth is lost
    because of an unwise business deal.
Then there won’t be anything left
    for the owners’ children.
¹⁵ Everyone is born naked.
    They come into the world with nothing.
    And they go out of it with nothing.
They don’t get anything from their work
    that they can take with them.

Everyone is born, and everyone dies.
    And what do they get for their work?
    Nothing. It’s like working for the wind.
¹⁷ All their lives they eat in darkness.
    Their lives are full of trouble, suffering and anger.