Ecclesiastes 6:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

Psalm 58:8

Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away: Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

Job 14:1

Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble.

Ecclesiastes 6:4

for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

Ecclesiastes 6:6

yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy 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.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

yea, better than them both did I esteem him which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.