Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Workers may or may not have enough to eat, but at least they can get a good night's sleep. The rich, however, have so much that they stay awake worrying. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. Psalm 4:8 In peace in the self same I will sleep, and I will rest: [10] For thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me in hope. Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved, Proverbs 3:24 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee. Jeremiah 31:26 Upon this I was as it were awaked out of a sleep, and I saw, and my sleep was sweet to me. Context The Futility of Wealth…11Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes? 12Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.13There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.… Cross References Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved, Proverbs 3:24 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee. Jump to Previous Abundance Allow Eat Eaten Eateth Eats Food Full Fulness Laborer Laboring Permits Pleasant Rich Satiety Sleep Stomach Suffer Suffering Sufficiency Surfeit Sweet Wealthy Whether WorkingJump to Next Abundance Allow Eat Eaten Eateth Eats Food Full Fulness Laborer Laboring Permits Pleasant Rich Satiety Sleep Stomach Suffer Suffering Sufficiency Surfeit Sweet Wealthy Whether WorkingLinks Ecclesiastes 5:12 NIVEcclesiastes 5:12 NLT Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV Ecclesiastes 5:12 NASB Ecclesiastes 5:12 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 5:12 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 5:12 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 5:12 French Bible Ecclesiastes 5:12 German Bible Alphabetical: a abundance allow but does eats full he him is laborer little man much no not of or permits pleasant rich sleep stomach sweet The to whether working OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 5:12 The sleep of a laboring man (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |