Ecclesiastes 5:12
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 5:12 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Der Schlaf des Arbeiters ist süß, mag er wenig oder viel essen; aber der Überfluß des Reichen läßt ihn nicht schlafen. -
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Dulce es el sueño del trabajador, ora coma mucho ó poco; mas al rico no le deja dormir la hartura.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Doce é o sono do trabalhador, quer coma pouco, quer muito; porém a fartura do rico não o deixa dormir.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
O sono de um homem trabalhador é doce, quer coma pouco, quer muito; mas os bens de uma pessoa rica não lhe permitem dormir bem.
📖 Ecclesiastes 5:12 in Context
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11When 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?
12The 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.
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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