Ecclesiastes 6:5
Good News Translation
It never sees the light of day or knows what life is like, but at least it has found rest--

New Revised Standard Version
moreover it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.

New American Bible
though it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet the dead child has more peace.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

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Job 3:10-13 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. . . .

Job 14:1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Psalm 58:8 Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.

Psalm 90:7-9 For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation. . . .

Context
The Futility of Life
4For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten. 5He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:6Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:4
For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 6:6
Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?

Ecclesiastes 11:7
The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 6:4
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