Catholic Public Domain Version
"There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner. "
— Ecclesiastes 5:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. ”
“The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.”
“The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.”
“There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.”
“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.”
“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.”
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.
It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?