Ecclesiastes 5:12⥂
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.
BSB:
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
Hebrew:
מְתוּקָה֙ שְׁנַ֣ת הָעֹבֵ֔ד אִם־ מְעַ֥ט וְאִם־ הַרְבֵּ֖ה יֹאכֵ֑ל וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר אֵינֶ֛נּוּ מַנִּ֥יחַֽ ל֖וֹ לִישֽׁוֹן׃
Topics:
CONTENTMENT • LABOR • RICHES
LXX:
Greek Text
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| Translation | Hebrew/Aramaic | Transliteration [morphology] | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| [is] sweet | מְתוּקָה֙ | me.tu.KahHAafsa | L |
| [the] sleep of | שְׁנַ֣ת | she.NatHNcfsc | L |
| the laborer | הָעֹבֵ֔ד | ha.HTd 'o.VedHVqrmsa | L |
| whether | אִם־ | 'im-HTc | L |
| a little | מְעַ֥ט | me.'AtHNcmsa | L |
| and or | וְאִם־ | ve.HC 'im-HTc | L |
| [surely] much | הַרְבֵּ֖ה | har.BehHVhaa | L |
| he will eat | יֹאכֵ֑ל | yo.KhelHVqi3ms | L |
| and the plenty | וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ | ve.HC ha.HTd sa.Va'HNcmsa | L |
| of the rich [person] | לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר | le.HRd 'a.ShirHAamsa | L |
| not it | אֵינֶ֛נּוּ | 'ei.Ne.HNcmsc nuHSp3ms | L |
| [is] permitting | מַנִּ֥יחַֽ | ma.Ni.achHVhrmsa | L |
| <to> <the> him | ל֖וֹ | lHRd oHSp3ms | L |
| to sleep | לִישֽׁוֹן׃ | li.HR ShonHVqcc | L |
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