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Ecclesiastes 5:11-13
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Ecclesiastes 5:11-13
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
11 When goods increase, those who eat them increase; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
12 Sweet is the sleep of labourers, whether they eat little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let them sleep.
13 There is a grievous ill that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owners to their hurt,
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Ecclesiastes 5:11-13
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:11-13
New International Version
11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
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,
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