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Ecclesiastes 6:5

The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

Majority Standard Bible

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 a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

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Cross References

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 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

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 →

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