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Ecclesiastes 5:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ecclesiastes 5:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not let them sleep.(A)
13 There is a grievous ill that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owners to their hurt,(B) 14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture; though they are parents of children, they have nothing in their hands.
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Ecclesiastes 5:12-14
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:12-14
New International Version
12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
permits them no sleep.(A)
13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:(B)
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
14 or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when they have children
there is nothing left for them to inherit.
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