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Ecclesiastes 5:11-13
Easy-to-Read Version
Ecclesiastes 5:11-13
Easy-to-Read Version
11 The more wealth people have, the more “friends” they have to help spend it. So the rich really gain nothing. They can only look at their wealth.
12 Those who work hard all day come home and sleep in peace. It is not important if they have little or much to eat. But the rich worry about their wealth and are not able to sleep.
13 There is a very sad thing that I have seen happen in this life.[a] People save their money for the future.[b]
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- Ecclesiastes 5:13 in this life Literally, “under the sun.” Also in 6:1.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 for the future Or “to their harm.”
Ecclesiastes 5:11-13
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:11-13
New International Version
11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
permits them no sleep.(A)
13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:(B)
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
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