Ecclesiastes 5:12

Also anothir sijknesse is ful yuel, which Y siy vndur the sunne; richessis ben kept in to the yuel of her lord.

Bible (Wycliffe)

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

11Slepe is swete to hym that worchith, whether he etith litil ether myche; but the fulnesse of a ryche man suffrith not hym to slepe.

13For thei perischen in the worste turment; he gendride a sone, that schal be in souereyn nedynesse.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:8Thei ben multiplied of the fruit of whete, and of wyn; and of her oile.

Proverbs 3:24If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft.

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