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

13 There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.(A) 14 That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.

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