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Ecclesiastes 6:3-5
American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 6:3-5
American Standard Version
3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he: 4 for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness; 5 moreover it hath not seen the sun [a]nor known it; [b]this hath rest rather than the other:
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- Ecclesiastes 6:5 Or, neither had any knowledge
- Ecclesiastes 6:5 Or, it is better with this than with the other
Ecclesiastes 6:3-5
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 6:3-5
New International Version
3 A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn(A) child is better off than he.(B) 4 It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded. 5 Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man—
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