Ecclesiastes 5:12
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Bible > Ecclesiastes > Chapter 5 > Verse 12
Ecclesiastes 5:12
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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?
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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.
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There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's NumbersKing James (Authorized) Version: the 1769 standard text in its Cambridge form of about 1900. Public domain.
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 HebrewSource: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
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 ReferencesCross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced (TSKe) — public domain. The keyword grouping is its editors' own, not our selection.
Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 48:15, Judges 19:16, Psalms 104:23, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 8:16
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