Berean Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:5
5The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
Ecclesiastes 6:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
- New International Version (NIV)Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man—
- English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man,
Context of Ecclesiastes 6:5
3A 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. 4For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity. The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man, 6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place? 7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 6Ecclesiastes 6:5 word by word
גַּם־שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹא־רָאָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע נַ֥חַת לָזֶ֖ה מִזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 6:5
- Job 3:10For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
- Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- Psalms 58:8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Rather, it hath not seen nor known the sun: this (the untimely birth) hath rest rather than the other.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6a hundred children and live for many years: The blessings of old age and children mean nothing if life is not enjoyable or does not end well with a proper burial. It is better to be stillborn than to live a life full of unhappiness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. this--yet "it has more rest than" the toiling, gloomy miser.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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