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Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:14 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીસભાશિક્ષક ૫:૧૪
પરંતુ તે દ્રવ્ય અવિચારી સાહસને કારણે ચાલ્યું જાય છે અને જો તેને પોતાનો દીકરો હોય તો તેના હાથમાં પણ કશું રહેતું નથી
हिन्दीसभोपदेशक ५:१४
और वह धन किसी बुरे काम में उड़ जाता है; और उसके घर में बेटा उत्पन्न होता है परन्तु उसके हाथ में कुछ नहीं रहता।

In context

12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

15As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

16This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

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