Ecclesiastes 6:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

Cross References

Job 14:1

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

Psalm 58:8

Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 6:4

In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?