Ecclesiastes 6:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, he has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge, yet he [the stillborn child] has rest rather than he [who is aware of all that he has missed and all that he would not have had to suffer]. American Standard Version (1901) moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other: Common English Bible It hasn’t seen the sun or experienced anything. But it has more peace than those Catholic Public Domain Version He has not seen the sun, nor recognized the difference between good and evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil: |
Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.
but better than both is the one who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered;
Even though he should live a thousand years twice over yet enjoy no good—do not all go to one place?