Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

Brenton Septuagint

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

11The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

13And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:8Thou hast put gladness into my heart: they have been satisfied with the fruit of their corn and wine and oil.

Proverbs 3:24For if thou + 3:24 Gr. sit down.rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.

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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