Ecclesiastes 6:5 Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man--

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man--

English Standard Version
Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.

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.

International Standard Version
Furthermore, though they never saw the sun nor learned anything, they are more content than the other.

American Standard Version
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

Darby Bible Translation
moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.

Young's Literal Translation
Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:4
For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

Ecclesiastes 6:6
Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet has he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

6:1-6 A man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he makes no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other his possessions come to strangers; this is vanity, and an evil disease. A numerous family was a matter of fond desire and of high honour among the Hebrews; and long life is the desire of mankind in general. Even with these additions a man may not be able to enjoy his riches, family, and life. Such a man, in his passage through life, seems to have been born for no end or use. And he who has entered on life only for one moment, to quit it the next, has a preferable lot to him who has lived long, but only to suffer.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. this—yet "it has more rest than" the toiling, gloomy miser.