Ecclesiastes 6:5
גַּם ־ שֶׁמֶשׁ לֹא ־ רָאָה וְלֹא יָדָע נַחַת לָזֶה מִזֶּֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
4כִּֽי ־ בַהֶבֶל בָּא וּבַחֹשֶׁךְ יֵלֵךְ וּבַחֹשֶׁךְ שְׁמוֹ יְכֻסֶּֽה ׃
Cross References
Job 3:10כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָֽי ׃
Job 14:1אָדָם יְלוּד אִשָּׁה קְצַר יָמִים וּֽשְׂבַֽע ־ רֹֽגֶז ׃
Psalms 90:7כִּֽי ־ כָלִינוּ בְאַפֶּךָ וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ נִבְהָֽלְנוּ ׃
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 →