Ecclesiastes 6:5

In 11 translations

BSB

The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

KJV

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

WEB

Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

ASV

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

LSV

even the sun he has not seen nor known, more rest has this than that.

YLT

Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

JPS

moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath gratification rather than the other;

LXXE

Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: there is no more rest to this one than another.

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Original-language editions

WLC

גַּם־שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹא־רָאָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע נַ֥חַת לָזֶ֖ה מִזֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καί γε ἥλιον οὐκ εἶδε, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω ἀναπαύσεις, τούτῳ ὑπὲρ τοῦτον·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 3:10–13For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes. Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb? Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should…
• Psalms 90:7–9For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a…
• Psalms 58:8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
• Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

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