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. Lexicon The sleepשְׁנַ֣ת (šə·naṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8142: Sleep of the worker הָעֹבֵ֔ד (hā·‘ō·ḇêḏ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave is sweet, מְתוּקָה֙ (mə·ṯū·qāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4966: Sweet, sweetness whether אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he eats יֹאכֵ֑ל (yō·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat little מְעַ֥ט (mə·‘aṭ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few or וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not much, הַרְבֵּ֖ה (har·bêh) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great but the abundance וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ (wə·haś·śā·ḇā‘) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7647: Plenty, satiety of the rich man לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר (le·‘ā·šîr) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6223: Rich permits מַנִּ֥יחַֽ (man·nî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place, him ל֖וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew no אֵינֶ֛נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū) Adverb | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle sleep. לִישֽׁוֹן׃ (lî·šō·wn) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate Additional Translations The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 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. The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep. 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. The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 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. 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. 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. 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 WorkingExternal Links Ecclesiastes 5:12 NIVEcclesiastes 5:12 NLT Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV Ecclesiastes 5:12 NASB Ecclesiastes 5:12 ASV 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 |
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