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


In Context

2 A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

3 If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he is the untimely birth.'

4 For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

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

6 And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:5He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

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 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.