Verse 3

Yea, better{H2896} is he than both{H8147} they, which hath not yet{H5728} been, who hath not seen{H7200}{(H8804)} the evil{H7451} work{H4639} that is done{H6213}{(H8738)} under the sun{H8121}.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 23:29 : 29 For{G3754}, behold{G2400}{(G5628)}, the days{G2250} are coming{G2064}{(G5736)}, in{G1722} the which{G3739} they shall say{G2046}{(G5692)}, Blessed{G3107} are the barren{G4723}, and{G2532} the wombs{G2836} that{G3739} never{G3756} bare{G1080}{(G5656)}, and{G2532} the paps{G3149} which{G3739} never{G3756} gave suck{G2337}{(G5656)}.
  • Job 3:10-16 : 10 Because it shut not up{H5462}{(H8804)} the doors{H1817} of my mother's womb{H990}, nor hid{H5641}{(H8686)} sorrow{H5999} from mine eyes{H5869}. 11 Why died{H4191}{(H8799)} I not from the womb{H7358}? why did I not give up the ghost{H1478}{(H8799)} when I came out{H3318}{(H8804)} of the belly{H990}? 12 Why did the knees{H1290} prevent{H6923}{(H8765)} me? or why the breasts{H7699} that I should suck{H3243}{(H8799)}? 13 For now should I have lain still{H7901}{(H8804)} and been quiet{H8252}{(H8799)}, I should have slept{H3462}{(H8804)}: then had I been at rest{H5117}{(H8799)}, 14 With kings{H4428} and counsellors{H3289}{(H8802)} of the earth{H776}, which built{H1129}{(H8802)} desolate places{H2723} for themselves; 15 Or with princes{H8269} that had gold{H2091}, who filled{H4390}{(H8764)} their houses{H1004} with silver{H3701}: 16 Or as an hidden{H2934}{(H8803)} untimely birth{H5309} I had not been; as infants{H5768} which never saw{H7200}{(H8804)} light{H216}.
  • Job 3:22 : 22 Which rejoice{H8056} exceedingly{H1524}, and are glad{H7797}{(H8799)}, when they can find{H4672}{(H8799)} the grave{H6913}?
  • Job 10:18-19 : 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of the womb{H7358}? Oh that I had given up the ghost{H1478}{(H8799)}, and no eye{H5869} had seen{H7200}{(H8799)} me! 19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried{H2986}{(H8714)} from the womb{H990} to the grave{H6913}.
  • Ps 55:6-9 : 6 And I said{H559}{H8799)}, Oh that{H5414}{H8799)} I had wings{H83} like a dove{H3123}! for then would I fly away{H5774}{H8799)}, and be at rest{H7931}{H8799)}. 7 Lo, then would I wander{H5074}{H8800)} far off{H7368}{H8686)}, and remain{H3885}{H8799)} in the wilderness{H4057}. Selah{H5542}. 8 I would hasten{H2363}{H8686)} my escape{H4655} from the windy{H7307} storm{H5584}{H8801)} and tempest{H5591}. 9 Destroy{H1104}{H8761)}, O Lord{H136}, and divide{H6385}{H8761)} their tongues{H3956}: for I have seen{H7200}{H8804)} violence{H2555} and strife{H7379} in the city{H5892}. 10 Day{H3119} and night{H3915} they go about{H5437}{H8779)} it upon the walls{H2346} thereof: mischief{H205} also and sorrow{H5999} are in the midst{H7130} of it. 11 Wickedness{H1942} is in the midst{H7130} thereof: deceit{H8496} and guile{H4820} depart{H4185}{H8686)} not from her streets{H7339}.
  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} all the works{H4639} that are done{H6213}{(H8738)} under the sun{H8121}; and, behold, all is vanity{H1892} and vexation{H7469} of spirit{H7307}.
  • Eccl 2:17 : 17 Therefore I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} life{H2416}; because the work{H4639} that is wrought{H6213}{(H8738)} under the sun{H8121} is grievous{H7451} unto me: for all is vanity{H1892} and vexation{H7469} of spirit{H7307}.
  • Eccl 6:3-5 : 3 If a man{H376} beget{H3205}{(H8686)} an hundred{H3967} children, and live{H2421}{(H8799)} many{H7227} years{H8141}, so that the days{H3117} of his years{H8141} be many{H7227}, and his soul{H5315} be not filled{H7646}{(H8799)} with good{H2896}, and also that he have no burial{H6900}; I say{H559}{(H8804)}, that an untimely birth{H5309} is better{H2896} than he. 4 For he cometh{H935}{(H8804)} in with vanity{H1892}, and departeth{H3212}{(H8799)} in darkness{H2822}, and his name{H8034} shall be covered{H3680}{(H8792)} with darkness{H2822}. 5 Moreover he hath not seen{H7200}{(H8804)} the sun{H8121}, nor known{H3045}{(H8804)} any thing: this{H2088} hath more rest{H5183} than{H2088} the other.
  • Jer 9:2-3 : 2 Oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} I had in the wilderness{H4057} a lodging place{H4411} of wayfaring men{H732}{(H8802)}; that I might leave{H5800}{(H8799)} my people{H5971}, and go{H3212}{(H8799)} from them! for they be all adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, an assembly{H6116} of treacherous men{H898}{(H8802)}. 3 And they bend{H1869}{(H8686)} their tongues{H3956} like their bow{H7198} for lies{H8267}: but they are not valiant{H1396}{(H8804)} for the truth{H530} upon the earth{H776}; for they proceed{H3318}{(H8804)} from evil{H7451} to evil{H7451}, and they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Jer 20:17-18 : 17 Because he slew{H4191}{(H8790)} me not from the womb{H7358}; or that my mother{H517} might have been my grave{H6913}, and her womb{H7358} to be always{H5769} great{H2030} with me. 18 Wherefore came I forth{H3318}{(H8804)} out of the womb{H7358} to see{H7200}{(H8800)} labour{H5999} and sorrow{H3015}, that my days{H3117} should be consumed{H3615}{(H8799)} with shame{H1322}?
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 And{G1161} woe{G3759} unto them that are{G2192}{(G5723)} with{G1722} child{G1064}, and{G2532} to them that give suck{G2337}{(G5723)} in{G1722} those{G1565} days{G2250}!