Ecclesiastes 6:5
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
1571 [e]גַּם־
gam-
ThoughConj
8121 [e]שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ
še-meš
the sunN-cs
3808 [e]לֹא־
lō-
notAdv-NegPrt
7200 [e]רָאָ֖ה
rā-’āh
it has seenV-Qal-Perf-3ms
3808 [e]וְלֹ֣א
wə-lō
orConj-w | Adv-NegPrt
3045 [e]יָדָ֑ע
yā-ḏā‘;
known [anything]V-Qal-Perf-3ms
5183 [e]נַ֥חַת
na-ḥaṯ
has more restN-fs
2088 [e]לָזֶ֖ה
lā-zeh
thisPrep-l | Pro-ms
2088 [e]מִזֶּֽה׃
miz-zeh.
than this [man]Prep-m | Pro-ms





















Hebrew Texts
קהלת 6:5 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
גַּם־שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹא־רָאָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע נַ֥חַת לָזֶ֖ה מִזֶּֽה׃

קהלת 6:5 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
גם־שמש לא־ראה ולא ידע נחת לזה מזה׃

קהלת 6:5 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
גם־שמש לא־ראה ולא ידע נחת לזה מזה׃

קהלת 6:5 Hebrew Bible
גם שמש לא ראה ולא ידע נחת לזה מזה׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.

King James Bible
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.
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