Ecclesiastes 5:12

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Bible > Ecclesiastes > Chapter 5 > Verse 12

Ecclesiastes 5:12


← Ecclesiastes 5:11 Ecclesiastes 5:12 (KJV) Ecclesiastes 5:13 →
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?
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.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The sleepH8142 of a labouring manH5647 is sweetH4966, whether he eatH398 littleH4592 or muchH7235: but the abundanceH7647 of the richH6223 will not sufferH3240 him to sleepH3462.


Original Hebrew

מְתוּקָה שְׁנַת הָעֹבֵד אִם־מְעַט וְאִם־הַרְבֵּה יֹאכֵל וְהַשָּׂבָע לֶעָשִׁיר אֵינֶנּוּ מַנִּיחַ לֹו לִישֹׁון׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מְתוּקָה֙
me.tu.Kah H4966 HAafsa (is) sweet
שְׁנַ֣ת
she.Nat H8142 HNcfsc (the) sleep of
הָ/עֹבֵ֔ד
ha./'o.Ved H5647 HTd/Vqrmsa the/ laborer
אִם
'im- H518 HC whether
מְעַ֥ט
me.'At H4592 HNcmsa a little
וְ/אִם
ve./'im- H518 HC/C and/ or
הַרְבֵּ֖ה
har.Beh H7235 HVha (surely) much
יֹאכֵ֑ל
yo.Khel H398 HVqi3ms he will eat
וְ/הַ/שָּׂבָע֙
ve./ha./sa.Va' H7647 HC/Td/Ncmsa and/ the/ plenty
לֶֽ/עָשִׁ֔יר
le./'a.Shir H6223 HRd/Aamsa of the/ rich (person)
אֵינֶ֛/נּוּ
'ei.Ne./nu H369 HTn/Sp3ms not/ it
מַנִּ֥יחַֽ
ma.Ni.ach H3240 HVhrmsa (is) permitting
ל֖/וֹ
l/o HR/Sp3ms (to) (the)/ him
לִ/ישֽׁוֹן
li./Shon H3462 HR/Vqc to/ sleep
Strong's References
  • H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
  • H3240 — יָנַח (yânach, yaw-nakh'): a primitive root; to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay; bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to נוּחַ (nûwach) H5117, and the others here.)
  • H3462 — יָשֵׁן (yâshên, yaw-shane'): a primitive root; properly, 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.
  • H4592 — מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'): or מְעָט (mᵉʻâṭ); from מָעַט (mâʻaṭ) H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.); almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
  • H4966 — מָתוֹק (mâthôwq, maw-thoke'): or מָתוּק (mâthûwq); from מָתַק (mâthaq) H4985; sweet; sweet(-er, -ness).
  • H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
  • H6223 — עָשִׁיר (ʻâshîyr, aw-sheer'): from עָשַׁר (ʻâshar) H6238; rich, whether literal or figurative (noble); rich (man).
  • H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב (râbab) H7232), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
  • H7647 — שָׂבָע (sâbâʻ, saw-baw'): from שָׂבַע (sâbaʻ) H7646; copiousness; abundance, plenteous(-ness, -ly).
  • H8142 — שֵׁנָה (shênâh, shay-naw'): or שֵׁנָא (shênâʼ); (Psalm 127:2), from יָשֵׁן (yâshên) H3462; sleep; sleep.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן (ʼayin) H370.
  • H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 48:15, Judges 19:16, Psalms 104:23, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 8:16

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