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Ecclesiastes 5:12

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← Ecclesiastes 5:11	Ecclesiastes 5:12 (KJV)	Ecclesiastes 5:13 →
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?	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.	There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The sleep^H8142 of a labouring man^H5647 is sweet^H4966, whether he eat^H398 little^H4592 or much^H7235: but the abundance^H7647 of the rich^H6223 will not suffer^H3240 him to sleep^H3462.

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Original Hebrew

יֵשׁ רָעָה חֹולָה רָאִיתִי תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ עֹשֶׁר שָׁמוּר לִבְעָלָיו לְרָעָתֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יֵ֚שׁ	yesh	H3426	HTm	there
רָעָ֣ה	ra.'Ah	H7451	HNcfsa	(is) an evil
חוֹלָ֔ה	cho.Lah	H2470	HVqrfsa	severe
רָאִ֖יתִי	ra.'I.ti	H7200	HVqp1cs	(which) I have seen
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	H8478	HR	under
הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ	ha./Sha.mesh	H8121	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ sun
עֹ֛שֶׁר	'O.sher	H6239	HNcmsa	wealth
שָׁמ֥וּר	sha.Mur	H8104	HVqsmsa	(was) being kept
לִ/בְעָלָ֖י/ו	li/v.'a.La/v	H1167	HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	by/ owner(s)/ its
לְ/רָעָתֽ/וֹ	le./ra.'a.T/o	H7451	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	to/ harm/ his

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H3240 — יָנַח (yânach, yaw-nakh'): a primitive root; to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay; bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to נוּחַ, and the others here.)
• H3462 — יָשֵׁן (yâshên, yaw-shane'): a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate; old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
• H4592 — מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'): or מְעָט; from מָעַט; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.); almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
• H4966 — מָתוֹק (mâthôwq, maw-thoke'): or מָתוּק; from מָתַק; sweet; sweet(-er, -ness).
• H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
• H6223 — עָשִׁיר (ʻâshîyr, aw-sheer'): from עָשַׁר; rich, whether literal or figurative (noble); rich (man).
• H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
• H7647 — שָׂבָע (sâbâʻ, saw-baw'): from שָׂבַע; copiousness; abundance, plenteous(-ness, -ly).
• H8142 — שֵׁנָה (shênâh, shay-naw'): or שֵׁנָא; (Psalm 127:2), from יָשֵׁן; sleep; sleep.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1167 — בַּעַל (baʻal, bah'-al): from בָּעַל; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense); [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.
• H2470 — חָלָה (châlâh, khaw-law'): a primitive root (compare חוּל, חָלָה, חָלַל); properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat; beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
• H3426 — יֵשׁ (yêsh, yaysh): perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection); (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
• H6239 — עֹשֶׁר (ʻôsher, o'-sher): from עָשַׁר; wealth; [idiom] far (richer), riches.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
• H8121 — שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh, sheh'-mesh): from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement; [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ.
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 48:15, Judges 19:16, Psalms 104:23, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 8:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BUSINESS LIFE, SLEEP-WAKEFULNESS
• Nave’s: CONTENTMENT, LABOR, RICHES

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