NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon The sleepshehah (shay-naw') sleep -- sleep. of a labouring man `abad (aw-bad') to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc. is sweet mathowq (maw-thoke') sweet -- sweet(-er, -ness). whether he eat 'akal (aw-kal') to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite. little m`at (meh-at') a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) -- almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, very. or much rabah (raw-baw') to increase (in whatever respect) but the abundance saba` (saw-baw') copiousness -- abundance, plenteous(-ness, -ly). of the rich `ashiyr (aw-sheer') rich, whether literal or figurative (noble) -- rich (man). will not suffer yanach (yaw-nakh') to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay him to sleep yashen (yaw-shane') to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate -- old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep. International Standard Version Sweet is the sleep of a working man, whether he eats a little or a lot, but the excess wealth of the rich will not allow him to rest. NET Bible The sleep of the laborer is pleasant--whether he eats little or much--but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep. GOD'S WORD® Translation The sleep of working people is sweet, whether they eat a little or a lot. But the full stomachs that rich people have will not allow them to sleep. King James 2000 Bible The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep. Links Ecclesiastes 5:12Ecclesiastes 5:12 NIV Ecclesiastes 5:12 NLT Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV Ecclesiastes 5:12 NASB Ecclesiastes 5:12 KJV |
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