Strong's Lexicon The sleep שְׁנַ֣ת (šə·naṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8142: 1) sleep of the worker הָעֹבֵ֔ד (hā·‘ō·ḇêḏ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5647: 1) to work, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to labour, work, do work 1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour 1a3) to serve as subjects 1a4) to serve (God) 1a5) to serve (with Levitical service) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land) 1b2) to make oneself a servant 1c) (Pual) to be worked 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 1d2) to cause to serve as subjects 1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve is sweet, מְתוּקָה֙ (mə·ṯū·qāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4966: adj 1) sweet n m 2) sweetness, pleasant (thing) whether אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather he eats יֹאכֵ֑ל (yō·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume little מְעַ֥ט (mə·‘aṭ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4592: 1) littleness, few, a little, fewness 1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little 1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth or וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather much, הַרְבֵּ֖ה (har·bêh) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 7235: 1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things) 1a2) to be or grow great 1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make much, make many, have many 1c1a) to multiply, increase 1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly 1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly 1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much 2) (Qal) to shoot but the abundance וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ (wə·haś·śā·ḇā‘) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7647: 1) plenty, satiety 1a) plenty (of breadstuffs) 1b) satiety of the rich man לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר (le·‘ā·šîr) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6223: adj 1) rich, wealthy n 2) the rich, the wealthy, rich man permits מַנִּ֥יחַֽ (man·nî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3240: 1) to rest 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rest, settle down and remain 1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet 1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down 1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place 1b4) to let remain, leave 1b5) to leave, depart from 1b6) to abandon 1b7) to permit 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest 1c2) to be left, be placed 1c3) open space (subst) him ל֖וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew : no אֵינֶ֛נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū) Adverb | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of sleep. לִישֽׁוֹן׃ (lî·šō·wn) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3462: 1) to sleep, be asleep 1a) (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to remain a long time, be stored up 1b2) to be festering (of leprosy) 1c) (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep. Young's Literal Translation Sweet [is] the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering 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. 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. Parallel Verses New International Version The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep. New Living Translation People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night's sleep. English Standard Version Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep. 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. American Standard Version The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. English Revised Version The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. Young's Literal Translation Sweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep. Cross References Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Proverbs 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes 5:11 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? Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. Ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. Ecclesiastes 5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. Ecclesiastes 5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 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