Ecclesiastes 5:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fullness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

Noyes Bible ☆

Sweet is the sleep of a laboring man, whether he have eaten little or much; but the repletion of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

(5:11) Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

(5-11) 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.

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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.

Revised Version ☆

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, Namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

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.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

World English Bible Classic ☆

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.

World English Bible Updated ☆

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.

World Messianic 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.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

There is a grievous ra'ah which I have seen under the shemesh; osher (riches) hoarded by the ba'al thereof to his hurt;

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

نَوْمُ ٱلْمُشْتَغِلِ حُلْوٌ، إِنْ أَكَلَ قَلِيلًا أَوْ كَثِيرًا، وَوَفْرُ ٱلْغَنِيِّ لَا يُرِيحُهُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အလုပ်လုပ်သောသူသည် များစွာစားသည် ဖြစ်စေ၊ အနည်းငယ်စားသည်ဖြစ်စေ၊ အအိပ်မြိန်တတ်၏။ ရတတ်သောသူ၏ စည်းစိမ်မူကား၊ စည်းစိမ်ရှင်ကို အအိပ် ပျက်စေတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အလုပ်လုပ် သောသူသည် များစွာ စား သည် ဖြစ်စေ ၊ အနည်းငယ် စားသည်ဖြစ်စေ ၊ အအိပ် မြိန် တတ်၏။ ရတတ် သောသူ၏ စည်းစိမ် မူကား ၊ စည်းစိမ် ရှင်ကို အအိပ် ပျက် စေတတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Toksahkung loe zetta caa cadoeh kapop ah caa cadoeh, iih nawm pae; angraeng loe hmuenmae tawnh mang, toe iip thai ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Aka thotat tah a yol akhaw, a yet a caak akhaw a ih tui. Tedae hlanglen kah khobuh long tah amah te ih sak ham pataeng duem sak pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Aka thotat tah a yol akhaw, a yet a caak akhaw a ih tui. Tedae hlanglen kah khobuh long tah amah te ih sak ham pataeng duem sak pawh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

劳碌的人不拘吃多吃少，睡得香甜；富足人的丰满却不容他睡觉。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

勞碌的人不拘吃多吃少，睡得香甜；富足人的豐滿卻不容他睡覺。

World Chinese Bible ☆

劳碌人的睡眠香甜，无论他吃得少或多；富人的丰裕却不容他睡觉。

Croatian Bible ☆

I vidjeh teško zlo pod suncem: skupljeno blago što je na propast svojemu vlasniku.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Sladký jest sen pracovitému, jez on málo neb mnoho, ale sytost bohatého nedopouští mu spáti.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Der er et slemt Onde, som jeg så under Solen: Rigdom gemt hen af sin Ejermand til hans Ulykke;

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

(5:11) De slaap des arbeiders is zoet, hij hebbe weinig of veel gegeten; maar de zatheid des rijken laat hem niet slapen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Zoet is de rust van den werkman, Of hij weinig of veel te eten heeft; Maar de overvloed van den rijke Stoort hem nog in de slaap.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Dolĉa estas la dormo de laboranto, ĉu li manĝas malmulte aŭ multe; sed trosateco ne lasas la riĉulon dormi.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Il y a un mal douloureux que j’ai vu sous le soleil : les richesses sont conservées à leurs maîtres pour leur détriment,

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le sommeil du travailleur est doux, soit qu'il mange peu ou beaucoup; mais le rassasiement du riche ne le laisse pas dormir.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Il est un mal grave que j’ai vu sous le soleil: des richesses conservées, pour son malheur, par celui qui les possède.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le sommeil du travailleur est doux, qu'il mange peu ou beaucoup ; mais l'abondance du riche ne le laisse pas dormir.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der Schlaf des Arbeiters ist süß, mag er wenig oder viel essen; aber der Überfluß des Reichen läßt ihn nicht schlafen. -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wer arbeitet, dem ist der Schaf süß, er habe wenig oder viel gegessen; aber die Fülle des Reichen läßt ihn nicht schlafen.

German Textbibel ☆

Es giebt ein schlimmes Übel, das ich sah unter der Sonne: Reichtum, der von seinem Besitzer zu seinem Unglück gehütet wird.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

(05-11) Süß ist der Schlaf des Arbeiters, er esse wenig oder viel; aber den Reichen läßt seine Übersättigung nicht schlafen.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἔστιν ἀρρωστία, ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, πλοῦτον φυλασσόμενον τῷ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰς κακίαν αὐτῷ,

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἔστιν ἀῤῥωστία ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, πλοῦτον φυλασσόμενον τῷ παρʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς κακίαν αὐτῷ,

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yon travayè te mèt manje kont li, li te mèt pa manje kont li, l'ap toujou byen dòmi lannwit. Men, moun rich yo, yo sitèlman genyen, yo pase nwit yo blanch ak kè sote.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua lea ka hiamoe o ka poe hana, ke ai unku lakou a ke ai nui hoi; aka, o ka maona nui o ka mea waiwai, he mea ia e lea ole ai kona hiamoe ana.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

יֵ֚שׁ רָעָ֣ה חֹולָ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֹ֛שֶׁר שָׁמ֥וּר לִבְעָלָ֖יו לְרָעָתֹֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

מתוקה שנת העבד אם מעט ואם הרבה יאכל והשבע לעשיר איננו מניח לו לישון׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il sonno del lavoratore è dolce, poco o assai ch'egli mangi; ma la sazietà del ricco non lo lascia dormire.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Dolce è il sonno del lavoratore, abbia egli poco o molto da mangiare; ma la sazietà del ricco non lo lascia dormire.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

働く者の眠りは、食べるものが少なくても多くても心地よい。しかし、富む者はその豊かさのために眠ることができない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내가 해 아래서 큰 폐단되는 것을 보았나니 곧 소유주가 재물을 자기에게 해 되도록 지키는 것이라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sie mwet orekma, finne fal ku sufal ma el kang, el ku in motulla wo. Tusruktu sie mwet kasrup, ke sripen puslana ma lal, el ac sensen ac koflana motulla.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

[Est et alia infirmitas pessima quam vidi sub sole: divitiæ conservatæ in malum domini sui.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

خواب عمله شیرین است خواه کم و خواه زیاد بخورد، اما سیری مرد دولتمند او رانمی گذارد که بخوابد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O sono do trabalhador é doce, quer ele coma pouco ou muito; mas a abundância do rico não lhe permite dormir.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Doce é o sono do trabalhador, quer coma pouco, quer muito; porém a fartura do rico não o deixa dormir.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Somnul unui muncitor este dulce, fie că mănâncă puțin sau mult; dar abundența celui bogat nu îl va lăsa să doarmă.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Дулче есте сомнул лукрэторулуй, фие кэ а мынкат мулт, фие кэ а мынкат пуцин; дар пе чел богат ну-л ласэ ымбуйбаря сэ доармэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Есть мучительный недуг, который видел я под солнцем: богатство, сберегаемое владетелем его во вред ему.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Sladak je san onome koji radi, jeo malo ili mnogo; a sitost bogatome ne da spavati.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Сладак је сан ономе који ради, јео мало или много; а ситост богатоме не да спавати.

Mashi Bible ☆

Hali obulenzi mbona buluga hano igulu: obugale nnabwo abîka bumulerhere omuhona.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Dulce es el sueño del trabajador, ora coma mucho ó poco; mas al rico no le deja dormir la hartura.

Spanish BLL ☆

El que trabaja duerme tranquilo, coma mucho o coma poco; pero al rico sus riquezas no lo dejan dormir.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Dulce es el sueño del trabajador, coma poco o coma mucho; pero al rico no le deja dormir la abundancia.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El sueño de un hombre trabajador es dulce, si tiene poco o mucho alimento; pero al que está lleno, el sueño no vendrá.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Coma poco o coma mucho, Dulce es el sueño del trabajador. Pero la abundancia No deja dormir al rico.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku fiemālie ʻae mohe ʻae tangata ngāue, neongo pe ʻoku siʻi pe ʻoku lahi ʻa ʻene kai: ka ko e lahi ʻoe meʻa ʻae koloaʻia, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ke nau faʻa mohe ai.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Є ще одна доскулююча неміч, яку я бачив під сонцем; багацтво, що береже багатий на шкоду собі.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Є ще одна доскулююча неміч, яку я бачив під сонцем; багацтво, що береже багатий на шкоду собі.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Giấc ngủ của người làm việc là ngon, mặc dầu người ăn ít hay nhiều; nhưng sự chán lắc làm cho người giàu không ngủ được.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

יֵ֚שׁ רָעָ֣ה חוֹלָ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֹ֛שֶׁר שָׁמ֥וּר לִבְעָלָ֖יו לְרָעָתֽוֹ׃