There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owners to their hurt.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Affliction. Hebrew, "by an evil affair "or accident. (Calmet)
Who. Hebrew, "and there is nothing in his hand. "(Haydock)
As temporal riches prove detrimental to their owners, so do false philosophy and heresy to those who follow them. (St. Jerome) (Worthington)