Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet meditates on the absurdity of a man to whom God gives great wealth but not the ability to enjoy it — a stranger enjoys it instead. Even a man who lives a thousand years twice over without finding enjoyment, …
Other Translations
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:
If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he <FI>is<Fi> the untimely birth.'
If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.
Cross References
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? …
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few …
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan …
And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel …
And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and …
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, …
And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to …
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, …
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things …
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.