Ecclesiastes 6:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

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  • Job 3:16 : 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
  • Eccl 4:3 : 3 yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
  • Jer 22:19 : 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
  • 2 Kgs 9:35 : 35 And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
  • Isa 14:19-20 : 19 But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
  • 1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home. 21 And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.
  • Eccl 5:17-19 : 17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath. 18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion. 19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
  • Jer 36:30 : 30 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
  • Matt 26:24 : 24 The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not been born. [
  • 2 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up [the sons of] Ahab, saying,
  • 1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
  • 2 Chr 11:21 : 21 And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
  • Esth 9:14-15 : 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. 15 And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
  • Ps 58:8 : 8 [ Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
  • Ps 127:4-5 : 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
  • Prov 17:6 : 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
  • Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

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  • Eccl 6:4-12
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    4for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

    5moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

    6yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

    8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

    11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

    3yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
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    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

    2a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Eccl 5:14-17
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    14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

    15As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

    17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

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    8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

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    8There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

    16There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Job 27:14-15
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    14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

    15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

    23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

    24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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    21Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

  • Job 21:21
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    21For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

  • Job 14:1
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    1Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

  • Eccl 7:1-2
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    1A [good] name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.

    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

  • Eccl 3:19
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    19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

  • Job 3:3
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    3Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

  • Job 3:16
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    16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

  • Job 21:25
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    25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

  • Prov 30:16
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    16Sheol; And the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.