Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, 1 Namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt. 1

Updated 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, 1 Whether he eat little or much: 1 But to one who is satiated with wealth, 1 There is none that suffers him to sleep. 1

13And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: 1 And the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 4:8Thou hast put gladness into my heart: 1 They have been satisfied with the fruit of their corn and wine and oil. 1

Proverbs 3:24For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; 1 And if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly. 1

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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