5He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:


In Context

2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.

3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.

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

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

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

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

Ecclesiastes 6:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing:] this hath more rest than the other.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man-

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:5moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:5moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this has more rest than the other.