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Ecclesiastes 5:12
Hebrew
Masoretic Text 1524
(5:11) מתוקה שׁנת העבד אם מעט ואם הרבה יאכל והשׂבע לעשׁיר איננו מניח לו לישׁון׃
Spanish
Reina Valera 1909
Dulce es el sueño del trabajador, ora coma mucho ó poco; mas al rico no le deja dormir la hartura.
English
King James Bible 1769
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.
King James Bible 1611
The sleepe of a labouring man is sweete, whether he eate little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleepe.
Green's Literal Translation 1993
The sleep of the laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much. But the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Julia E. Smith Translation 1876
The sleep of the servant is sweet, if little, or if much he shall eat: and the satiety to the rich not permitting to him to sleep.
Young's Literal Translation 1862
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.
Revised Young's Literal NT 2000
Webster's Bible 1833
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.
Bishops Bible 1568
A labouryng man sleepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the riche wyll not suffer him to sleepe
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.
The Great Bible 1539
A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be lytle or moch that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the ryche will not suffre him to slepe.
Matthew's Bible 1537
A labouryng man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the ryche wil not suffre him to slepe.
Coverdale Bible 1535
A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe.
Wycliffe Bible 1382
Also anothir sijknesse is ful yuel, which Y siy vndur the sunne; richessis ben kept in to the yuel of her lord.
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