Ecclesiastes 6:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

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  • Job 3:10-13 : 10 Because it shut not vp the dores of my mothers wombe: nor hid sorowe from mine eyes. 11 Why died I not in the birth? or why dyed I not, when I came out of the wombe? 12 Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breasts? 13 For so shoulde I now haue lyen and bene quiet, I should haue slept then, and bene at rest,
  • Job 14:1 : 1 Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
  • Ps 58:8 : 8 Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.
  • Ps 90:7-9 : 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought.

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  • Eccl 6:6-12
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    6And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

    7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

    8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

    9The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.

    10What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.

    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 6:1-4
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    1There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:

    2A man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse.

    3If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, & his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.

    4For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
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    21For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

    22For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

    23For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 5:14-17
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    14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

    15(5:14) As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shal beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

    17(5:16) Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,

    17Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

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    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

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    5For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.

    6Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is now perished, and they haue no more portion for euer, in all that is done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
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    7Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

    8There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

  • Ps 49:19
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    19He shal enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not liue for euer.

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

    10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Job 14:6
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    6Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

  • Job 20:9
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    9So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, & his place shal see him no more.

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

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

    16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

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    20(5:19) Surely hee will not much remember the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioy of his heart.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

  • Eccl 5:12
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    12(5:11) The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    16For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

    17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

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    17The wicked haue there ceased from their tyrannie, and there they that laboured valiantly, are at rest.

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    9What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

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    6The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.