Ecclesiastes 6:5
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moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing. This one hath more rest than the other:
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:
It has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge; yet it has more rest and is better off than he.
Moreover, he has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge, yet he [the stillborn child] has rest rather than he [who is aware of all that he has missed and all that he would not have had to suffer].
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.
It hasn’t seen the sun or experienced anything. But it has more peace than those
and although it has never seen or known the sun, it is more content than he is,
That child will never live to see the sun or to have a name, and it will go straight to the world of darkness. But it will still find more rest than you,
moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.
He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:
The baby never saw the sun and never knew anything. But the baby finds more rest than the man who never enjoyed what God gave him.
He never sees the light of day. He never knows anything. But he enjoys more rest than that rich person.
The baby does not see the sun or know it, but it enjoys more peaceful rest than that man does,
Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.
Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.
That baby never saw the sun and never knew ·anything [or the sun], but it finds more rest than that man.
Also he hath not seen the sun, nor known it: therefore this hath more rest than the other.
Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, the baby finds more rest than the rich person.
It never sees the light of day or knows what life is like, but at least it has found rest—
Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.
That baby never saw the sun. It never knew anything. But it finds more rest than the person who never gets to enjoy the good things God gives him.
Furthermore, though they never saw the sun nor learned anything, they are more content than the other.
Even though he has not seen the sun nor known any thing; this one has more rest than the other.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
Indeed, that one never sees the sun and never knows anything; that one has more rest than he.
He has neither seen nor known the sun, yet he has more rest than him.
never seeing the sun or even knowing its existence, yet that is better than to be an old, unhappy man.
Say a couple have scores of children and live a long, long life but never enjoy themselves—even though they end up with a big funeral! I’d say that a stillborn baby gets the better deal. It gets its start in a mist and ends up in the dark—unnamed. It sees nothing and knows nothing, but is better off by far than anyone living.
Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.
Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, the baby finds more rest than the rich person.
though it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet the dead child has more peace.
It has not even seen the sun nor does it know it; yet it is better off than that man.
It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.
Moreover, it has never seen the sun or known anything, yet its state is better than his.
That baby never saw the sun and never knew anything, but it finds more rest than that man.
though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man—
It didn’t even see the sun. It didn’t know anything at all. But it has more rest than that man does.
Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man—
Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man –
Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man,
It never sees the sun and it never knows anything. It is better off than he.
and he would never have seen the sun or known of its existence. Yet he would have had more peace than in growing up to be an unhappy man.
moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.
moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.
moreover it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.
moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.
Moreover though he hath not seen the shemesh, nor known any thing, this hath more nakhat (rest, quietness) than the other.
moreover it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.
moreover it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.
though it has never seen or experienced the sun, it has more rest than the other.
Though the child never sees the sun or knows anything, it still had more rest than the person who cannot enjoy what he has.
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
He saw not the sun, neither knew the diversity of good and of evil;
Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
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