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10 Anyone who loves money never has enough.
    Anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with what they get.
    That doesn’t have any meaning either.

11 As more and more goods are made,
    more and more people use them up.
So how can those goods benefit their owners?
    All they can do is look at them with desire.

12 The sleep of a worker is sweet.
    It doesn’t matter whether they eat a little or a lot.
But the wealth of rich people
    keeps them awake at night.

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10 Whoever loves money never has enough;
    whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
    This too is meaningless.

11 As goods increase,
    so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
    except to feast their eyes on them?

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.(A)

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