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Ecclesiastes 5:12

New International Version

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.

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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.

Christian Standard Bible

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

English Standard Version

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.

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.

New American Standard Bible

The sleep of the laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich person does not allow him to sleep.

New King James Version

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.

New Living Translation

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