12 The sleep of the working man is (A)pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the [a]full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: (B)riches being [b]hoarded by their owner to his hurt. 14 When those riches were lost through [c]a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [d]to support him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:12 Lit satiety
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Lit guarded
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit an evil task
  4. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit in his hand