Ecclesiastes 5:12 | |
NASB: 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. (NASB ©1995) GWT: 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. (GOD'S WORD®) 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. 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. BBE: 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. DBY: 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. JPS: Sweet is the sleep of a labouring man, whether he eat little or much; but the satiety of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. WBS: 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. 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. YLT: 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. | |
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