Ecclesiastes 5:12

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.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

13There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

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Cross References

Psalms 4:8In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.

Proverbs 3:24when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18

The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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