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Ecclesiastes 5:12

12 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

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Ecclesiastes 5:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,

whether they eat little or much,

but as for the rich, their abundance

permits them no sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet,

Whether he eats little or much;

But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 Those who work hard sleep in peace;

it is not important if they eat little or much.

But rich people worry about their wealth

and cannot sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 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 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 The sleep of working people is sweet, whether they eat a little or a lot. But the full stomachs that rich people have will not allow them to sleep. 

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 The sleep of the laborer is pleasant, whether he eats little or much,

but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 The sleep of a worker is sweet.

It doesn’t matter whether he eats a little or a lot.

But the wealth of a rich man

keeps him awake at night.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.


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