Ecclesiastes 5:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
The sleep
שְׁנַ֣ת (šə·naṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8142: Sleep

of the worker
הָעֹבֵ֔ד (hā·‘ō·ḇêḏ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

is sweet,
מְתוּקָה֙ (mə·ṯū·qāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness

whether
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

he eats
יֹאכֵ֑ל (yō·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

little
מְעַ֥ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

or
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

much,
הַרְבֵּ֖ה (har·bêh)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

but the abundance
וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ (wə·haś·śā·ḇā‘)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7647: Plenty, satiety

of the rich man
לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר (le·‘ā·šîr)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6223: Rich

permits
מַנִּ֥יחַֽ (man·nî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

him
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

no
אֵינֶ֛נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

sleep.
לִישֽׁוֹן׃ (lî·šō·wn)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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