If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many [a]they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper (A)burial, then I say, “Better (B)the miscarriage than he, for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; [b]it is better off than he.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Lit the days of his years
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:5 Lit more rest has this one than that

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) It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded. Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man—

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