Ecclesiastes 6:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 6:5

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 6

³ A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

⁴ For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

⁵ The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

⁶ even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

⁷ All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

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