Ecclesiastes 6:5 - Tree of Life Version though it has never seen or experienced the sun, it has more rest than the other. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 flow away like water that runs off. When he bends his bow, let the arrows be cut off.
Yet better than both is one who has not yet been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Even though it comes in futility and departs into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,
Even if the other man were to live a thousand years twice and never enjoy good things—do not all go to the same place?