Ecclesiastes 6:5 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁵ 2 What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ 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)

⁵ moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

Common English Bible

⁵ It hasn’t seen the sun or experienced anything. But it has more peace than those

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ He has not seen the sun, nor recognized the difference between good and evil.

Ecclesiastes 6:5 Cross References

Job 14:1

Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.

Psalm 58:8

Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

And they shall shut the doors in the street, when the grinder's voice shall be low, and they shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall grow deaf.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

0 If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up.

Ecclesiastes 6:4

1 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.