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Verse 3

If a man{H376} beget{H3205} a hundred{H3967} children, and live{H2421} many{H7227} years,{H8141} so that the days{H3117} of his years{H8141} are many,{H7227} but his soul{H5315} be not filled{H7646} with good,{H2896} and moreover he have no burial;{H6900} I say,{H559} that an untimely birth{H5309} is better{H2896} than he:

Referenced Verses

Job 3:16 : 16 Or as a hidden{H2934} untimely birth{H5309} I had not been, As infants{H5768} that never saw{H7200} light.{H216}
Eccl 4:3 : 3 yea, better{H2896} than them both{H8147} [did I esteem] him that hath not yet{H5728} been, who hath not seen{H7200} the evil{H7451} work{H4639} that is done{H6213} under the sun.{H8121}
Jer 22:19 : 19 He shall be buried{H6912} with the burial{H6900} of an ass,{H2543} drawn{H5498} and cast forth{H7993} beyond{H1973} the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem.{H3389}
2 Kgs 9:35 : 35 And they went{H3212} to bury{H6912} her; but they found{H4672} no more of her than{H518} the skull,{H1538} and the feet,{H7272} and the palms{H3709} of her hands.{H3027}
Isa 14:19-20 : 19 But thou art cast forth{H7993} away from thy sepulchre{H6913} like an abominable{H8581} branch,{H5342} clothed{H3830} with the slain,{H2026} that are thrust through{H2944} with the sword,{H2719} that go down{H3381} to the stones{H68} of the pit;{H953} as a dead body{H6297} trodden under foot.{H947} 20 Thou shalt not be joined{H3161} with them in burial,{H6900} because thou hast destroyed{H7843} thy land,{H776} thou hast slain{H2026} thy people;{H5971} the seed{H2233} of evil-doers{H7489} shall not be named{H7121} for ever.{H5769}
Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} The days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my pilgrimage{H4033} are a hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years:{H8141} few{H4592} and evil{H7451} have been the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my life,{H2416} and they have not attained{H5381} unto the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of the life{H2416} of my fathers{H1} in the days{H3117} of their pilgrimage.{H4033}
1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 And Eli{H5941} blessed{H1288} Elkanah{H511} and his wife,{H802} and said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} give{H7760} thee seed{H2233} of this woman{H802} for the petition{H7596} which was asked{H7592} of Jehovah.{H3068} And they went{H1980} unto their own home.{H4725} 21 And{H3588} Jehovah{H3068} visited{H6485} Hannah,{H2584} and she conceived,{H2029} and bare{H3205} three{H7969} sons{H1121} and two{H8147} daughters.{H1323} And the child{H5288} Samuel{H8050} grew{H1431} before{H5973} Jehovah.{H3068}
Eccl 5:17-19 : 17 All his days{H3117} also he eateth{H398} in darkness,{H2822} and he is sore{H7235} vexed,{H3707} and hath sickness{H2483} and wrath.{H7110} 18 Behold, that which I have seen{H7200} to be good{H2896} and to be comely{H3303} is for one to eat{H398} and to drink,{H8354} and to enjoy{H7200} good{H2896} in all his labor,{H5999} wherein he laboreth{H5998} under the sun,{H8121} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his life{H2416} which God{H430} hath given{H5414} him: for this is his portion.{H2506} 19 Every man{H120} also to whom God{H430} hath given{H5414} riches{H6239} and wealth,{H5233} and hath given him power{H7980} to eat{H398} thereof, and to take{H5375} his portion,{H2506} and to rejoice{H8055} in his labor —{H5999} this{H2090} is the gift{H4991} of God.{H430}
Jer 8:2 : 2 and they shall spread{H7849} them before the sun,{H8121} and the moon,{H3394} and all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} which they have loved,{H157} and which they have served,{H5647} and after{H310} which they have walked,{H1980} and which they have sought,{H1875} and which they have worshipped:{H7812} they shall not be gathered,{H622} nor be buried,{H6912} they shall be for dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127}
Jer 36:30 : 30 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} He shall have none to sit{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David;{H1732} and his dead body{H5038} shall be cast out{H7993} in the day{H3117} to the heat,{H2721} and in the night{H3915} to the frost.{H7140}
Matt 26:24 : 24 The Son{G5207} of man{G444} goeth,{G5217} even as{G2531} it is written{G1125} of{G4012} him:{G846} but{G1161} woe{G3759} unto{G444} that{G1565} man{G444} through{G1223} whom{G3739} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} is betrayed!{G3860} good{G2570} were{G2258} it for{G846} that{G1565} man{G444} if{G1487} he{G846} had{G1080} not{G3756} been born.{G1080}
2 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Now Ahab{H256} had seventy{H7657} sons{H1121} in Samaria.{H8111} And Jehu{H3058} wrote{H3789} letters,{H5612} and sent{H7971} to Samaria,{H8111} unto the rulers{H8269} of Jezreel,{H3157} even the elders,{H2205} and unto them that brought up{H539} [the sons of] Ahab,{H256} saying,{H559}
1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons{H1121} (for Jehovah{H3068} hath given{H5414} me many{H7227} sons),{H1121} he hath chosen{H977} Solomon{H8010} my son{H1121} to sit{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of the kingdom{H4438} of Jehovah{H3068} over Israel.{H3478}
2 Chr 11:21 : 21 And Rehoboam{H7346} loved{H157} Maacah{H4601} the daughter{H1323} of Absalom{H53} above all his wives{H802} and his concubines:{H6370} (for he took{H5375} eighteen{H8083} wives,{H802} and threescore{H8346} concubines,{H6370} and begat{H3205} twenty{H6242} and eight{H8083} sons{H1121} and threescore{H8346} daughters.){H1323}
Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman{H2001} recounted{H5608} unto them the glory{H3519} of his riches,{H6239} and the multitude{H7230} of his children,{H1121} and all the things wherein the king{H4428} had promoted{H1431} him, and how he had advanced{H5375} him above the princes{H8269} and servants{H5650} of the king.{H4428}
Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged{H8518} Haman{H2001} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559} for Mordecai.{H4782} Then was the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} pacified.{H7918}
Esth 9:14-15 : 14 And the king{H4428} commanded{H559} it so to be done:{H6213} and a decree{H1881} was given{H5414} out in Shushan;{H7800} and they hanged{H8518} Haman's{H2001} ten{H6235} sons.{H1121} 15 And the Jews{H3064} that were in Shushan{H7800} gathered themselves together{H6950} on the fourteenth{H702} day{H3117} also of the month{H2320} Adar,{H143} and slew{H2026} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} men{H376} in Shushan;{H7800} but on the spoil{H961} they laid{H7971} not their hand.{H3027}
Ps 58:8 : 8 [ Let them be] as a snail{H7642} which melteth{H8557} and passeth away,{H1980} [Like] the untimely birth{H5309} of a woman,{H802} that hath not seen{H2372} the sun.{H8121}
Ps 127:4-5 : 4 As arrows{H2671} in the hand{H3027} of a mighty man,{H1368} So are the children{H1121} of youth.{H5271} 5 Happy{H835} is the man{H1397} that hath his quiver{H827} full{H4390} of them: They shall not be put to shame,{H954} When they speak{H1696} with their enemies{H341} in the gate.{H8179}
Prov 17:6 : 6 Children's{H1121} children{H1121} are the crown{H5850} of old men;{H2205} And the glory{H8597} of children{H1121} are their fathers.{H1}
Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and saw{H7200} the women{H802} and the children;{H3206} and said,{H559} Who are these{H428} with thee? And he said,{H559} The children{H3206} whom God{H430} hath graciously given{H2603} thy servant.{H5650}