Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
New American Standard Bible
The sleep of the working man is
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.
Holman Bible
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.
International Standard Version
Sweet is the sleep of a working man, whether he eats a little or a lot, but the excess wealth of the rich will not allow him to rest.
A Conservative Version
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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.
Amplified
The sleep of a working man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach (greed) of the rich [who hungers for even more] will not let him sleep.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
The sleep of the servant is sweet, if little, or if much he shall eat: and the satiety to the rich not permitting to him to sleep.
King James 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A labouring man sleepeth sweetly, whether it be little or much that he eateth; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
NET Bible
The sleep of the laborer is pleasant -- whether he eats little or much -- but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Sweet the sleep of the labourer, whether, little or much, he eat, - but, the surfeit of the rich man, will not suffer him to sleep.
Webster
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.
Themes
Business » Cares » Sleeplessness
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
Care » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
business Cares » Sleeplessness
Riches » Often lead to » Anxiety
Sleeplessness » Common causes of loss of sleep » Care of wealth
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 5:12
Prayers for Ecclesiastes 5:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
There Is Never Enough Money To Satisfy
11 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them? 12 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come. 13 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:24
When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.
Psalm 4:8
I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.
Jeremiah 31:26
At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.