ECC 5:12 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX (ECC 5:11) Γλυκὺς ὕπνος τοῦ δούλου εἰ ὀλίγον καὶ εἰ πολὺ φάγεται, καὶ τῷ ἐμπλησθέντι τοῦ πλουτῆσαι, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφίων αὐτὸν τοῦ ὑπνῶσαι.
(Glukus hupnos tou doulou ei oligon kai ei polu fagetai, kai tōi emplaʸsthenti tou ploutaʸsai, ouk estin afiōn auton tou hupnōsai.)

BrTr (ECC 5:11) The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

ULT Sweet is the sleep of the worker,
⇔ however little or however much he eats,
⇔ but the satisfaction of a rich person—
⇔ it is not allowing him to sleep.

UST Despite popular assumptions, poor, hardworking people often sleep soundly at night,
⇔ no matter whether they have a lot of food or only a little to eat.
⇔ Ironically, like a person who sleeps poorly because he has eaten too much,
⇔ the wealth that rich people believe provides them with a satisfying and happy life
⇔ actually makes them so anxious that they are unable to fall asleep.

BSB & MSB The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

OEB No OEB ECC 5:12 book available

WEBBE & WMBB The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

NET 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.

LSV Sweet [is] the sleep of the laborer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not permitting him to sleep.

FBV Those who work hard sleep well, whether they have a little to eat or plenty, but the rich own so much they don't get any rest.

T4T ⇔ Those who work hard sleep peacefully at night,
⇔ even if they do not have much food to eat.
⇔ But rich people do not sleep well,
⇔ because they worry about their money.

LEB • 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.

BBE The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

Moff Sweet is the worker’s sleep, whether he has much to eat or little; but the satiety of the rich keeps them from sleeping.

JPS (ECC 5:11) (5-10) When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving the beholding of them with his eyes?

ASV 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.

DRA (ECC 5:11) Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

YLT 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.

Drby 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.

RV The sleep of a labouring 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 labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fullness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.)

SLT The sleep of the servant is sweet, if little, or if much he shall eat: and the satiety to the rich not permitting to him to sleep.

Wbstr The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 The sleepe of a labouring man is sweete, whether he eate little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleepe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps A labouryng man sleepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the riche wyll not suffer him to sleepe.
(A labouring man sleepeth/sleeps sweetly, whether it be little or much that he eateth/eats: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.)

Gnva There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.
(There is an evil sickness that I have seen under the sun: to wit, riches reserved to the owners thereof for their evil.)

Cvdl A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe.
(A labouring man sleepeth/sleeps sweetly, whether it be little or much that he eateth/eats: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.)

Wycl (ECC 5:11) Slepe is swete to hym that worchith, whether he etith litil ether myche; but the fulnesse of a ryche man suffrith not hym to slepe.
(Sleep is sweet to him that worketh/works, whether he eateth/eats little either much; but the fullness of a rich man suffereth/suffers not him to sleep.)

Luth (ECC 5:11) Wer arbeitet, dem ist der Schlaf süß, er habe wenig oder viel gegessen; aber die Fülle des Reichen läßt ihn nicht schlafen.
(Who works(v), to_him is the/of_the sleep(n) sweet/cute, he have few or many eaten; but the abundance the sufficiency lets him/it not sleep.)

ClVg (ECC 5:11) Dulcis est somnus operanti, sive parum sive multum comedat; saturitas autem divitis non sinit eum dormire.][fn]
(Sweet it_is sleep to_the_worker, if/or little if/or a_lot to_eat; satiety/abundance however rich not/no allows him to_sleep.])

5.11 Dulcis est somnus. HIER. Divitem avarum, etc., usque ad quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt.

5.11 Sweet it_is sleep. HIER. Rich miser, etc., until to since/because themselves God they_will_see.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

מְתוּקָה֙ שְׁנַ֣ת הָ⁠עֹבֵ֔ד

sweet year_of of,the_laborer

If it would be more natural in your language, you may want to put the subject the sleep of the worker before the predicate Sweet. Alternate translation: [The sleep of the worker is sweet]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְתוּקָה֙ שְׁנַ֣ת

sweet year_of

Here Solomon is speaking as if sleep had a taste by describing it as Sweet. He means that the worker’s sleep is pleasant. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Pleasant is the sleep of]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠הַ⁠שָּׂבָע֙ לֶֽ⁠עָשִׁ֔יר

and,the,plenty of,[person]

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of satisfaction, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [but the fact that a rich person has too much]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠הַ⁠שָּׂבָע֙ לֶֽ⁠עָשִׁ֔יר אֵינֶ֛⁠נּוּ מַנִּ֥יחַֽ ל֖⁠וֹ לִ⁠ישֽׁוֹן

and,the,plenty of,[person] not,it permits to=him/it to,sleep

Solomon is speaking of the satisfaction of a rich person as if it were a living thing that could choose whether to allow him to sleep. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [but because a rich person has too much, he cannot sleep]

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