There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
There is a sore evil under the sun in riches held back for their owners, for kept wealth turns to their hurt, and the saying is a warning about the right use of riches. The hurt is that such wealth can keep its possessor from enjoying it and burden him with anxious, restless care. The warning stands with God's repeated warnings not to set the heart on wealth, not to trust in it, and not to worship money as the chief good. Those warnings are still ignored while money is sought at the cost of conscience and soul. The seeking ends in death, when even the richest must leave it all behind.
There is a sore evil under the sun in riches held back for their owners, for kept wealth turns to their hurt, and the saying is a warning about the right use of riches. The hurt is that such wealth can keep its possessor from enjoying it and burden him with anxious, restless care. The warning stands with God's repeated warnings not to set the heart on wealth, not to trust in it, and not to worship money as the chief good. Those warnings are still ignored while money is sought at the cost of conscience and soul. The seeking ends in death, when even the richest must leave it all behind.