Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ A man may father a hundred children and live many years, but if his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, no matter how many days he lives, I say, “A stillborn baby is better off than he is.” ⁴ Why? Because that baby comes like a vapor and leaves in darkness, and its name gets covered in darkness. ⁵ The baby does not see the sun or know it,^[a] but it enjoys more peaceful rest than that man does,