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Ecclesiastes 5:12

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The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

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Ecclesiastes 5:12 in other translations

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 5:12 in context

  1. 10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
  2. 11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
  3. 12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
  4. 13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
  5. 14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.