Ecclesiastes 5:12 Hebrew Word Analysis
| 0 | is sweet | מְתוּקָה֙ | h4966 |
| 1 | The sleep | שְׁנַ֣ת | h8142 |
| 2 | of a labouring man | הָעֹבֵ֔ד | h5647 |
| 3 | | אִם | h518 |
| 4 | little | מְעַ֥ט | h4592 |
| 5 | | וְאִם | h518 |
| 6 | or much | הַרְבֵּ֖ה | h7235 |
| 7 | whether he eat | יֹאכֵ֑ל | h398 |
| 8 | but the abundance | וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ | h7647 |
| 9 | of the rich | לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר | h6223 |
| 10 | | אֵינֶ֛נּוּ | h369 |
| 11 | will not suffer | מַנִּ֥יחַֽ | h3240 |
| 12 | | ל֖וֹ | h0 |
| 13 | him to sleep | לִישֽׁוֹן׃ | h3462 |
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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.