Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 5:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 5:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 5:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 5:12 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Sweet <FI>is<Fi> the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.”
Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep. ”
Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.”
Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:12 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
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 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:12 Mean?
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