Quran english Az Zumar 50

قد قالها الذين من قبلهم فما أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون

Qad qalaha allatheenamin qablihim fama aghna AAanhum ma kanooyaksiboon

 
Sahih International
Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
Muhsin Khan
Verily, those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not.
Pickthall
Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not;
Yusuf Ali
Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they did was of no profit to them.
Shakir
Those before them did say it indeed, but what they earned availed them not.
Dr. Ghali
The ones before them already said it, yet in no way did whatever they used to earn avail them.