Ecclesiastes 5:16
“"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
16Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, And much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
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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.
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?
— Ecclesiastes 5:16 —
17Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing for a man To eat and to drink, And to see good In all his labor in Which he may labor under the sun, All the number of the days of his life Which God has given to him: For it is his portion.
18Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given Wealth and possessions, and has given him Power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, And to rejoice in his labor; This is the gift of God.