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Ecclesiastes 5:12

Rest and sabbathWorkMoney and wealthContentment

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?

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.

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BSB
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Sweet [is] the sleep of the one working, whether he eats little or much; but the satsifaction of the rich one will not allow rest for him to sleep.
ÅB
Arbeiderens søvn er søt, enten han spiser lite eller meget; men den rikes metthet lar ham ikke få sove.
OTB
Arbeiderens søvn er søt, enten han spiser lite eller mye, men de rikes overflod vil ikke la dem sove.
B1930
Arbeiderens søvn er søt, enten han eter lite eller meget; men den rikes metthet lar ham ikke få sove.

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