The sleep of the laboring man is sweet whether he eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.
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.
The sleep of a working man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach (greed) of the rich [who hungers for even more] will not let him sleep.
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not let him sleep.
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.
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.
Sweet is the worker’s sleep, whether there’s a lot or little to eat; but the excess of the wealthy won’t let them sleep.
Here is a gross evil which I have seen under the sun: the owner of wealth hoards it to his own hurt.
If you have to work hard for a living, you can rest well at night, even if you don't have much to eat. But if you are rich, you can't even sleep.
The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.
There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
Those who work hard all day come home and sleep in peace. It is not important if they have little or much to eat. But the rich worry about their wealth and are not able to sleep.
Someone who has worked hard all day will sleep well at night. That is true even if they have not had much food to eat. But the rich man worries about his riches. So he does not sleep well.
The worker’s sleep is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but a rich person’s abundant possessions allow him no sleep.
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.
Sweet is the sleep of a labourer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
·Those who work hard sleep in peace [L Sweet is the sleep of the laborer]; it is not important if they eat little or much. But ·rich people worry about their wealth and cannot [L the abundance of the wealthy does not let them] sleep.
There is an evil sickness that I have seen under the sun: to wit, riches reserved to the owners thereof for their evil.
The sleep of working people is sweet, whether they eat a little or a lot. But the full stomachs that rich people have will not allow them to sleep.
Workers may or may not have enough to eat, but at least they can get a good night's sleep. The rich, however, have so much that they stay awake worrying.
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.
A man who works hard sleeps in peace. It is not important if he has little or much to eat. But a rich person worries about his wealth. He cannot sleep.
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.
The sleep of the servant is sweet whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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.
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.
The sleep of the laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the satisfaction of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
The sleep of the laborer is pleasant, whether he eats little or much, but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.
The man who works hard sleeps well whether he eats little or much, but the rich must worry and suffer insomnia.
Hard and honest work earns a good night’s sleep, Whether supper is beans or steak. But a rich man’s belly gives him insomnia.
Sweet is the sleep of a laboring man, whether he eats a little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not let him sleep.
The sleep of working people is sweet, whether they eat a little or a lot. But the full stomachs that rich people have will not allow them to sleep.
This is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches hoarded by their owners to their own hurt.
The sleep of the laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich person does not allow him to sleep.
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.
There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: Riches are hoarded by their owner to his disadvantage,
Those who work hard sleep in peace; it is not important if they eat little or much. But rich people worry about their wealth and cannot sleep.
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.
The sleep of a worker is sweet. It doesn’t matter whether they eat a little or a lot. But the wealth of rich people keeps them awake at night.
The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.
The sleep of a labourer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.
The sleep of the working man is pleasing, if he eats little or much. But the full stomach of the rich man does not let him sleep.
People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.
Sweet is the sleep of labourers, whether they eat little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let them sleep.
Sweet is the sleep of labourers, whether they eat little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let them sleep.
Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let them sleep.
Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not let them sleep.
The sleep of the oved (working man) is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the abundance of the oisher (rich man) will not permit him to sleep.
There is an evil sickness that I have seen under the Sun: riches reserved to their owners for their evil.
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep.
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep.
There is a grievous wrong that I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded by its owner to his own hurt,
Sweet sleep comes to those who work hard, regardless of how much or how little they’ve eaten. But the abundance of the rich keeps them awake at night.
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Sleep is sweet to him that worketh, whether he eat little either much; but the fullness of a rich man suffereth not him to sleep. (Sleep is sweet to him who worketh, whether he eat a little or a great deal; but a rich person’s fullness will not allow him to sleep.)
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.
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