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12 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.
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12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep.
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13 There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
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13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
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14 And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
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14 or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.
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15 As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.
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15 Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.
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16 And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage [is] to him who laboureth for wind?
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16 This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?
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17 Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.
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17 All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.
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18 Lo, that which I have seen: [It is] good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it [is] his portion.
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18 Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him--for this is his lot.
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19 Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God.
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19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work--this is a gift of God.
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20 For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.
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20 He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.
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