Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 5:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 5:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 5:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Sweet <FI>is<Fi> the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:12 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5

10 El que ama el dinero, no se hartará de dinero; y el que ama el mucho [tener], no [sacará] fruto. También esto es vanidad.

11 Cuando los bienes se aumentan, también se aumentan sus comedores. ¿Qué bien, pues, tendrá su dueño, sino ver[los] con sus ojos?

12 Dulce es el sueño del trabajador, ora coma mucho ó poco; mas al rico no le deja dormir la hartura.

13 Hay una trabajosa enfermedad que he visto debajo del sol: las riquezas guardadas de sus dueños para su mal;

14 Las cuales se pierden en malas ocupaciones, y á los hijos que engendraron nada les queda en la mano.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:12 Mean?

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