Catholic Public Domain Version
"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. "
— Ecclesiastes 5:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes? ”
“When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?”
“When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?”
“Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”
“When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?”
“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?”
But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.
A greedy man will not be satisfied by money. And whoever loves wealth will reap no fruit from it. Therefore, this, too, is emptiness.
Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes?
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.
There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner.
For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.
Just as he went forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he return, and he shall take nothing with him from his labors.