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

13 There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: (B)wealth being [b]hoarded by its owner to his detriment. 14 When that wealth was lost through bad business and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [c]to support him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:12 Lit satiety
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Lit guarded
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit in his hand

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