Ecclesiastes 6:5
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath gratification rather than the other;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
In Context
4for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;
6yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and enjoy no good; do not all go to one place?
Cross References
Job 3:10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
Job 14:1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Psalms 90:7For we are consumed in Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we hurried away.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:2-7
The Miseries of Covetousness. 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I… Read the whole commentary →