Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

11Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat lttle or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

13For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:8By the fruit of their corn, their wine and oil, they are multiplied.

Proverbs 3:24If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, 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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