Ecclesiastes 5:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).

BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

BSB text & permissions

KJV

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.

KJV text & permissions

WEB

World English Bible

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.

WEB text & permissions

ASV

American Standard Version

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.

ASV text & permissions

BLB

Berean Literal Bible

BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.

BLB text & permissions

READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 5

¹⁰ He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

¹¹ When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

¹² The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

¹³ There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

¹⁴ or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

Read the full chapter →