Ecclesiastes 6:5

Not seen the sun. A figure of speech in which the sun stands for all the experiences and pleasures of life (see Job 3:16; Ps. 58:8).

More rest. Rest is an Oriental ideal, one that has found expression in such concepts as nirvana, the ideal future state of the Buddhist religion, and the Hindu desire for reabsorption into the great Atman. The experience of a stillborn is here cynically regarded as more desirable than vicissitudes that constitute a normal part of human existence.