Ecclesiastes 5:11 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat lttle or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

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When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes?

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?

When good things flow, so do those who consume them. But what do owners benefit from such goods, except to feast their eyes on them?

Sleep is sweet to one who works, whether he consumes little or much. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.