Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 5:14
A church father on this verse
“"There is a sickening evil that I have seen under the sun; riches hoarded by their owner to his misfortune, and he loses those riches in some bad venture. If he begets a son, he has nothing in hand. As he had come from his mother's womb, naked will he return, as he had come; he can salvage nothing from his labour to t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, He shall return back as he came, And he shall receive nothing for his labor, That it should go with him in his hand.
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12There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, Namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.
13And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: And the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
— Ecclesiastes 5:14 —
15And this is also an evil infirmity: For as he came, so also shall he return: And what is his gain, for which he vainly labors?
16Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, And much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.