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12 The sleep of the laboring man is (A)sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the satisfaction of the rich man does not [a]allow him to sleep.

13 There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: (B)riches being [b]hoarded by their master to his own evil demise. 14 And those riches were lost through a bad endeavor; and he became the father of a son, but there was nothing in his hand for him.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:12 Or grant him rest
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Lit guarded