Ecclesiastes 5:12
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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.The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
In other translations
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.The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
Hebrew words
מְתוּקָהmetukah[is] sweetH4966שְׁנַתshenat[the] sleep ofH8142הָעֹבֵדha'ovedthe laborerH5647אִם־'im-whetherH518מְעַטme'ata littleH4592וְאִם־ve'im-and orH518הַרְבֵּהharbeh[surely] muchH7235יֹאכֵלyokhelhe will eatH398וְהַשָּׂבָעvehasava'and the plentyH7647לֶעָשִׁירle'ashirof the rich [person]H6223אֵינֶנּוּ'einenunot itH369מַנִּיחַmaniach[is] permittingH5117לוֹlo<to> <the> himלִישׁוֹן׃lishonto sleepH3462
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 3:24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- Psalm 4:8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Psalm 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- Jeremiah 31:26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
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