Ecclesiastes 6:5
even the sun, it never saw, nor aught did it know,—more quietness, hath this than the other.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, in vain, it came in, and, in darkness, it departeth,—and, with darkness, its name, is covered:
Cross References
Job 3:10Because it closed not the doors of the womb wherein I was, and so 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, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;
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 →