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Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
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The Paradox of Rest
Commentators unanimously explain the shocking comparison: a stillborn child, who has never seen the sun or known life's troubles, is considered to have more 'rest' than a wealthy man who lives a long life but finds no enjoyment in it. This emphasizes that a life of suffering without contentment is a worse fate than never having lived at all.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rather, it has not seen nor known the sun: this (the untimely birth) has rest rather than the other.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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