Ecclesiastes 6:5 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, the baby finds more rest than the rich person.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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.

YLT:

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

Ecclesiastes 6:5 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 6:4 for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.

Ecclesiastes 6:6 "Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things-- do not all go to one place?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

6:5 More rest - Because he is free from all those encumbrances and vexations to which the covetuous man is long exposed.

MHC:

6:1-6 A man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he makes no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other his possessions come to strangers; this is vanity, and an evil disease. A numerous family was a matter of fond desire and of high honour among the Hebrews; and long life is the desire of mankind in general. Even with these additions a man may not be able to enjoy his riches, family, and life. Such a man, in his passage through life, seems to have been born for no end or use. And he who has entered on life only for one moment, to quit it the next, has a preferable lot to him who has lived long, but only to suffer.

CONC:

Anything Better Finds Gratification Moreover Rather Rest Sees Yes Yet

Better Finds Gratification Moreover Rather Rest Sun

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