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An interpretive paired scene contrasts a sleeping worker with a wakeful wealthy adult amid possessions.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

Sleep and Abundance

Few Words and Wealth Without Rest · Ecclesiastes 5

Story guide: Interpretive visual essay. Anonymous figures and settings illustrate this passage; they are not identified historical people.

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11Sweet is the sleep of the worker, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man does not let him sleep.

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