---
title: "Ecclesiastes 5:15-17 KJV - \"As he came forth of his mother’s womb,...\" | Real Bible Believers"
description: "\"As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may\" — Read Ecclesiastes 5:15-17 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17"
---

[ Read](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5)[ Commentary](/study/ecclesiastes/5)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/ecclesiastes/5) Audio

## Ecclesiastes 5:15-17 in Context (Verses 12–20 KJV)
 
 [12 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/12) The sleep of a labouring man *is* sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/13) There is a sore evil *which* I have seen under the sun, *namely*, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/14) But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and *there is* nothing in his hand.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15) As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/16) And this also *is* a sore evil, *that* in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
 
 [17 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/17) All his days also he eateth in darkness, and *he hath* much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/18) ¶ Behold *that* which I have seen: *it is* good and comely *for one* to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it *is* his portion.**
 
 [19 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/19) Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this *is* the gift of God.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/20) For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth *him* in the joy of his heart.*
 
[Ecclesiastes 4](/kjv/ecclesiastes/4) [Ecclesiastes 6](/kjv/ecclesiastes/6)

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17","name":"Ecclesiastes 5:15-17 KJV - \"As he came forth of his mother’s womb,...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may\" — Read Ecclesiastes 5:15-17 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","name":"KJV Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes","name":"Ecclesiastes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5","name":"5"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/15-17","name":"Verse 15-17"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]}
```