Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 5:12"

Ecclesiastes 5:12

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12 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
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.
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