Ecclesiastes 6:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Moreouer he seeth not the sunne, and knoweth not of it: and yet hath he more rest then the other.

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  • Job 3:10-13 : 10 Because it shut not vp the doores of my mothers wombe, nor hyd sorowe from myne eyes. 11 Alas why died I not in the birth? why dyd not I perishe assoone as I came out of my mothers wombe? 12 Why set they me vpon their knees? why gaue they me sucke with their brestes? 13 Then should I nowe haue lyen stil, I shoulde haue slept, and ben at rest,
  • Job 14:1 : 1 Man that is borne of woman, hath but a short time to lyue, and is full of miserie.
  • Ps 58:8 : 8 Let them creepe away lyke a snayle that foorthwith consumeth to naught: or lyke the vntimely fruite of a woman, let them not see the sunne.
  • Ps 90:7-9 : 7 For we be consumed through thy displeasure: and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation. 8 Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee: and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie, in the lyght of thy countenaunce. 9 For all our dayes do passe in thine anger: we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde.

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  • Eccl 6:6-12
    7 verses
    82%

    6Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place?

    7All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.

    8For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?

    9The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde.

    10The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he.

    11Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 6:1-4
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    1There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men:

    2when God geueth a man riches, goodes, and honour, so that he wanteth nothyng of all that his heart can desire, and yet God geueth him not leaue to enioy the same, but another man spendeth them: This is a vayne thyng and a miserable plague.

    3If a man beget a hundred children, and lyue many yeres, so that his dayes are many in number, and yet can not enioy his good, neither be buryed: as for him I say, that vntymely birth is better then he.

    4For he commeth to naught, & spendeth his tyme in darknesse, and his name is forgotten.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue?

    3Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
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    21Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie.

    22For what getteth a man of all the labour and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne?

    23But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng.

  • Eccl 5:14-17
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    14For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble: and yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothyng.

    15Lyke as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thyther agayne, and caryeth nothyng away with him of all his labour.

    16This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?

    17All the dayes of his lyfe also he dyd eate in the darke, with great carefulnesse, sicknesse, and sorowe.

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5The sunne aryseth, the sunne goeth downe, and returneth to his place, that he may there ryse vp agayne.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde, and that of suche a fashion, that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night.

    17I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 9:5-6
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    5For they that be liuing knowe that they shall dye: but they that be dead knowe nothing, neither deserue they any more, for their memoriall is forgotten.

    6Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
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    7Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.

    8There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: yet saith he not for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng.

  • Ps 49:19
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    19But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers: and shall neuer see lyght.

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne.

    8If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    72%

    9The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp,

    10Nor turne againe into his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Job 14:6
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    6Go from him, that he may rest vntill his day come which he loketh for, lyke as an hireling doth.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

  • Job 20:9
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    9So that the eye which sawe him before, shal haue no more sight of him, and his place shall know him no more.

  • Job 27:19
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    19When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15And I perceaued that all men lyuyng vnder the sunne, go with the seconde childe that shall stande vp in the steade of the other.

    16As for the people that haue ben before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable, and they that come after him shall not reioyce in him: This is also a vayne thyng, and vexation of mynde.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue, forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng.

  • Eccl 5:12
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    12A labouryng man sleepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the riche wyll not suffer him to sleepe.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    16For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

    17Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

  • Job 3:17
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    17There must the wicked ceasse from their tyrannie, and there such as laboured valiauntly be at rest:

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe?

  • Eccl 1:9
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    9The thyng that hath ben, commeth to passe agayne, and the thyng that hath ben done, shalbe done agayne: There is no newe thyng vnder the sunne.

  • Job 18:6
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    6The light shall be darke in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He shall not be riche, neither shall his substaunce continue, neither shal the prosperitie thereof be prolonged vpon earth.