Ecclesiastes 6:5
“Moreouer hee hath not seene the Sunne, nor knowen any thing: this hath more rest then the other.”
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Ecclesiastes 6:5 Context
3¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and liue many yeeres, so that the dayes of his yeeres bee many: and his soule be not filled with good, and also that he haue no buriall, I say, that an vntimely birth is better then he. 4For he commeth in with vanitie, and departeth in darkenesse, and his name shall be couered with darkenesse. 5Moreouer hee hath not seene the Sunne, nor knowen any thing: this hath more rest then the other. 6¶ Yea though he liue a thousand yeeres twice told, yet hath he seene no good: Doe not all goe to one place? 7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 6:5
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.
- King James Version
"It never sees the sun and it never knows {anything;} it is better off than he.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.
- Basic English Bible
moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.
- Darby Bible
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
- Webster's Bible
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
- World English Bible
Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
- Youngs Literal Bible
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath gratification rather than the other;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 6:5
6:5 More rest - Because he is free from all those encumbrances and vexations to which the covetuous man is long exposed.