The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.
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Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
Parallel Translations
The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Cross References
1 John 2:16Habakkuk 2:13Proverbs 23:5Psalms 119:36–37Ecclesiastes 6:9Joshua 7:21–251 Kings 5:13–16Genesis 13:5–7Nehemiah 5:17–18Ecclesiastes 11:9Genesis 12:16Genesis 13:2Jeremiah 17:111 Kings 4:22–23
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