Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 5:13

יֵ֣שׁ רָעָ֔ה חוֹלָ֖ה רָאִ֣יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֹ֛שֶׁר שָׁמ֥וּר לִבְעָלָ֖יו לְרָעָתֽוֹ׃
yesh raʿah ḥvolah raʾiytiy taḥat hashamesh ʿosher shamvr libʿalayv lraʿatvo
King James Version (KJV)

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Modern English

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt.

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