Ecclesiastes 5:14

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

NAS: When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.

KJV: But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

GWT: These hoarded riches were then lost in bad business deals. The owners had children, but now they have nothing to give them.

ASV: and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

BBE: And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

DBY: or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

DRB: For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

WBS: But those riches perish by evil labor: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

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

YLT: And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!