Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.
New American Standard Bible
It never sees the sun and it never knows anything;
King James Version
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
Holman Bible
Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.
International Standard Version
Furthermore, though they never saw the sun nor learned anything, they are more content than the other.
A Conservative Version
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it, this [one] has rest rather than the other.
American Standard Version
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:
Amplified
It has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge; yet it has more rest and is better off than he.
Darby Translation
moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.
Julia Smith Translation
Also he saw not the sun, and he knew not rest to this above this.
King James 2000
Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this one has more rest than the other.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He has neither seen nor known the sun, yet he has more rest than him.
Modern King James verseion
Also he has not seen the sun, nor known anything. This one has more rest than the other.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, he seeth not the Sun, and knoweth of no rest neither here nor there:
NET Bible
though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man --
New Heart English Bible
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
The Emphasized Bible
even the sun, it never saw, nor aught did it know, - more quietness, hath this than the other.
Webster
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
World English Bible
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
Youngs Literal Translation
Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Those Who Have Wealth But Do Not Enjoy It Are Pitiful
4 In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered. 5 Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other. 6 And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?
Names
Cross References
Job 3:10-13
Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.
Job 14:1
As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
Psalm 58:8
Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.