Ecclesiastes 5:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not let him sleep.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Common English Bible

¹² Sweet is the worker’s sleep, whether there’s a lot or little to eat; but the excess of the wealthy won’t let them sleep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, And eat the bread of toil: For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

Psalm 4:8

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep: For thou, LORD, alone makest me dwell in safety.

Proverbs 3:24

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Jeremiah 31:26

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.