Ecclesiastes 5:12
  
 

 
 
 4966 [e]   12
mə·ṯū·qāh   12
מְתוּקָה֙   12
[is] sweet   12
Adj‑fs   12
8142 [e]
šə·naṯ
שְׁנַ֣ת
the sleep
N‑fsc
5647 [e]
hā·‘ō·ḇêḏ,
הָעֹבֵ֔ד
of a laboring man
Art | V‑Qal‑Prtcpl‑ms
518 [e]
’im-
אִם־
Whether
Conj
4592 [e]
mə·‘aṭ
מְעַ֥ט
little
Adj‑ms
518 [e]
wə·’im-
וְאִם־
or
Conj‑w | Conj
  
 

 
 
 7235 [e]
har·bêh
הַרְבֵּ֖ה
much
V‑Hifil‑InfAbs
398 [e]
yō·ḵêl;
יֹאכֵ֑ל
he eats
V‑Qal‑Imperf‑3ms
7647 [e]
wə·haś·śā·ḇā‘
וְהַשָּׂבָע֙
but the abundance
Conj‑w, Art | N‑ms
6223 [e]
le·‘ā·šîr,
לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר
of the rich
Prep‑l, Art | Adj‑ms
369 [e]
’ê·nen·nū
אֵינֶ֛נּוּ
not
Adv | 3ms
3240 [e]
man·nî·aḥ
מַנִּ֥יחַֽ
will permit
V‑Hifil‑Prtcpl‑ms
 
lōw
ל֖וֹ
him
Prep | 3ms
  
 
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 3462 [e]
lî·šō·wn.
לִישֽׁוֹן׃
to sleep
Prep‑l | V‑Qal‑Inf


















Parallel Strong's
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sleepof theworkeris sweet,whetherhe eatslittleormuch,buttheabundanceoftherichpermitshimnosleep.

New American Standard Bible
The sleepof the workingman is pleasant,whetherhe eatslittleor much;but the fullstomachof the richmandoes not allowhim to sleep.

King James Bible
The sleepof a labouring man[is] sweet,whether he eatlittleor much:but the abundanceof the richwill not sufferhim to sleep.
Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Sweet is the sleep of a working man, whether he eats a little or a lot, but the excess wealth of the rich will not allow him to rest.

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.

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.
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