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Ecclesiastes 5:14-17
The Message
Ecclesiastes 5:14-17
The Message
13-17 Here’s a piece of bad luck I’ve seen happen:
A man hoards far more wealth than is good for him
And then loses it all in a bad business deal.
He fathered a child but hasn’t a cent left to give him.
He arrived naked from the womb of his mother;
He’ll leave in the same condition—with nothing.
This is bad luck, for sure—naked he came, naked he went.
So what was the point of working for a salary of smoke?
All for a miserable life spent in the dark?
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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