Ecclesiastes 5:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not let them 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 Cross References

Psalm 127:2

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil, for he gives sleep to his beloved.

Psalm 4:8

I will both lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.

Proverbs 3:24

If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Jeremiah 31:26

Thereupon I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.