Ecclesiastes 5:12

Sweet [is] the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

Young's Literal 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

11In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:8In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

Proverbs 3:24If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

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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