Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ A man may father a hundred children and live for many years, but no matter how many his days may be, if he does not have the opportunity to enjoy the good things of life and in the end receives no burial, I maintain that a stillborn child is more fortunate than he.^[a]

⁴ For that child came in vain and departed in darkness, and in darkness will his name be enveloped. ⁵ Moreover, it has never seen the sun or known anything, yet its state is better than his.