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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他怎樣從母胎赤身而來，也必怎樣赤身而去；在勞碌中得來的，他的手也帶不走甚麼。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 怎 样 从 母 胎 赤 身 而 来 ， 也 必 照 样 赤 身 而 去 ； 他 所 劳 碌 得 来 的 ， 手 中 分 毫 不 能 带 去 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ The wealth of the country is divided up among them all. Even the king makes sure he gets his share of the profits. ¹⁰ Whoever loves money will never have enough money; Whoever loves wealth will not be satisfied with it. This is also useless. ¹¹ The more wealth people have, the more friends they have to help spend it. So what do people really gain? They gain nothing except to look at their riches. ¹² Those who work hard sleep in peace; it is not important if they eat little or much. But rich people worry about their wealth and cannot sleep. ¹³ I have seen real misery here on earth: Money saved is a curse to its owners. ¹⁴ They lose it all in a bad deal and have nothing to give to their children. ¹⁵ People come into this world with nothing, and when they die they leave with nothing. In spite of all their hard work, they leave just as they came. ¹⁶ This, too, is real misery: They leave just as they came. So what do they gain from chasing the wind? ¹⁷ All they get are days full of sadness and sorrow, and they end up sick, defeated, and angry.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 1:21, Psalms 49:17, Luke 12:20, 1 Timothy 6:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:19 - till Job 5:7 - trouble Ecclesiastes 11:8 - All that James 1:11 - so

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 1:2
Kenan was the father of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the father of Jared. Jared was the father of Enoch.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came,.... This may be understood either of the covetous rich man, or of his son; and that supposing what is before said should not be the case of either of them, but they should possess their substance as long as they live; yet, when they come to die, they will be stripped of them all; of their gold and silver, their plate and jewels, and rich household furniture; of their cattle and possessions, farms and estates, which are no longer theirs; and even of their very clothes, and be as naked as they were when they came into the world; and which is indeed the case of every man, Job 1:21; and is used as an argument, and a very forcible one, against covetousness;

and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand; nothing of his substance, which he has got by his labour, and hoarded up with great care; not the least portion of it can he carry away with him when he dies; not any of his jewels, nor bags of gold and silver; and if any of these should be put into his grave, which has been sometimes done at the interment of great personages, these are of no manner of use and service to him, either to comfort and refresh his body, or to save his soul from hell, and procure it an entrance into the heavenly glory; see 1 Timothy 6:7. The Targum allegorizes this in a very orthodox way, not very usual, in favour of original sin, and against the doctrine of merit;

"as he goes out of his mother's womb naked, without a covering, and without any good; so he shall return to go to the house of his grave, indigent of merit, as he came into this world; and no good reward shall he receive by his labour, to take with him into the world to which he goes, that it may be for merit in his hand.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. As he came forth — However it may be, he himself shall carry nothing with him into the eternal world. If he die worth millions, those millions are dead to him for ever; so he has had no real profit from all his labours, cares, anxieties, and vast property!