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Ecclesiastes 5:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 5:12

Verse 12 of 20

Scripture focus

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 5:12

Theological / Devotional

Labouring man. Denoting specifically, a farmer, a tiller of the soil. The word thus translated is, however, also used of servants in general, also, of those who serve God. A day of physical work is excellent preparation for a night of refreshing sleep.

Not suffer him to sleep. The responsibility of caring for riches often proves troublesome and robs a man of rest to the extent of causing ill-health and nervous collapse.

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