Text -- Ecclesiastes 6:5 (NET)

6:5 though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man–

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 6:5

¹ tn Heb “it never saw the sun.”

² tn The word “anything” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ sn The Hebrew term translated rest here refers to freedom from toil, anxiety, and misery – part of the miserable misfortune that the miserly man of wealth must endure.