Ecclesiastes 6:5

Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

6And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

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Cross References

Job 3:10Because it shut not vp the dores of my mothers wombe: nor hid sorowe from mine eyes.

Job 14:1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

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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