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Ecclesiastes 5:14

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14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture; and he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.

14 or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.