Ecclesiastes 6:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

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Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?

Man, born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?

The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.