The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 6:5 Explained

Ecclesiastes 6:5

KJV: Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

YLT: Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

Darby: moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.

ASV: moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Moreover he hath not seen  the sun,  nor known  [any thing]: this  hath more rest  than  the other. 

What does Ecclesiastes 6:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 6

1  the vanity of riches without use
3  though a man have many children and a long life
7  the vanity of sight and wandering desires
10  The conclusion of vanities

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 6:5 mean?

Though the sun not it has seen or known [anything] has more rest this than this [man]
גַּם־ שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹא־ רָאָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע נַ֥חַת לָזֶ֖ה מִזֶּֽה

גַּם־  Though 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ  the  sun 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: sun.
רָאָ֖ה  it  has  seen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
יָדָ֑ע  known  [anything] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
נַ֥חַת  has  more  rest 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַחַת 
Sense: rest, quietness.
לָזֶ֖ה  this 
Parse: Preposition-l, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
מִזֶּֽה  than  this  [man] 
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.

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