Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:
WEB
The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
YLT
Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
DBT
moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).