Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:16 : 16 Or as an hidden{H2934}{(H8803)} untimely birth{H5309} I had not been; as infants{H5768} which never saw{H7200}{(H8804)} light{H216}.
  • Eccl 4:3 : 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}.
  • Jer 22:19 : 19 He shall be buried{H6912}{(H8735)} with the burial{H6900} of an ass{H2543}, drawn{H5498}{(H8800)} and cast forth{H7993}{(H8687)} beyond{H1973} the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • 2 Kgs 9:35 : 35 And they went{H3212}{(H8799)} to bury{H6912}{(H8800)} her: but they found{H4672}{(H8804)} 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 out{H7993}{(H8717)} of thy grave{H6913} like an abominable{H8581}{(H8737)} branch{H5342}, and as the raiment{H3830} of those that are slain{H2026}{(H8803)}, thrust through{H2944}{(H8794)} with a sword{H2719}, that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} to the stones{H68} of the pit{H953}; as a carcase{H6297} trodden under feet{H947}{(H8716)}. 20 Thou shalt not be joined{H3161}{(H8799)} with them in burial{H6900}, because thou hast destroyed{H7843}{(H8765)} thy land{H776}, and slain{H2026}{(H8804)} thy people{H5971}: the seed{H2233} of evildoers{H7489}{(H8688)} shall never{H5769} be renowned{H7121}{(H8735)}.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob{H3290} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}, The days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my pilgrimage{H4033} are an hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years{H8141}: few{H4592} and evil{H7451} have the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my life{H2416} been, and have not attained{H5381}{(H8689)} 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}{(H8765)} Elkanah{H511} and his wife{H802}, and said{H559}{(H8804)}, The LORD{H3068} give{H7760}{(H8799)} thee seed{H2233} of this woman{H802} for the loan{H7596} which is lent{H7592}{(H8804)} to the LORD{H3068}. And they went{H1980}{(H8804)} unto their own home{H4725}. 21 And{H3588} the LORD{H3068} visited{H6485}{(H8804)} Hannah{H2584}, so that she conceived{H2029}{(H8799)}, and bare{H3205}{(H8799)} three{H7969} sons{H1121} and two{H8147} daughters{H1323}. And the child{H5288} Samuel{H8050} grew{H1431}{(H8799)} before{H5973} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Eccl 5:17-19 : 17 All his days{H3117} also he eateth{H398}{(H8799)} in darkness{H2822}, and he hath much{H7235}{(H8687)} sorrow{H3707}{(H8804)} and wrath{H7110} with his sickness{H2483}. 18 Behold that which I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)}: it is good{H2896} and comely{H3303} for one to eat{H398}{(H8800)} and to drink{H8354}{(H8800)}, and to enjoy{H7200}{(H8800)} the good{H2896} of all his labour{H5999} that he taketh{H5998}{(H8799)} under the sun{H8121} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his life{H2416}, which God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8804)} him: for it is his portion{H2506}. 19 Every man{H120} also to whom God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} riches{H6239} and wealth{H5233}, and hath given him power{H7980}{(H8689)} to eat{H398}{(H8800)} thereof, and to take{H5375}{(H8800)} his portion{H2506}, and to rejoice{H8055}{(H8800)} in his labour{H5999}; this{H2090} is the gift{H4991} of God{H430}.
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 And they shall spread{H7849}{(H8804)} them before the sun{H8121}, and the moon{H3394}, and all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, whom they have loved{H157}{(H8804)}, and whom they have served{H5647}{(H8804)}, and after{H310} whom they have walked{H1980}{(H8804)}, and whom they have sought{H1875}{(H8804)}, and whom they have worshipped{H7812}{(H8694)}: they shall not be gathered{H622}{(H8735)}, nor be buried{H6912}{(H8735)}; they shall be for dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}.
  • Jer 36:30 : 30 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}; He shall have none to sit{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the throne{H3678} of David{H1732}: and his dead body{H5038} shall be cast out{H7993}{(H8716)} in the day{H3117} to the heat{H2721}, and in the night{H3915} to the frost{H7140}.
  • Matt 26:24 : 24 {G3303} The Son{G5207} of man{G444} goeth{G5217}{(G5719)} as{G2531} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)} of{G4012} him{G846}: but{G1161} woe{G3759} unto that{G1565} man{G444} by{G1223} whom{G3739} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} is betrayed{G3860}{(G5743)}! it had been{G2258}{(G5713)} good{G2570} for that{G1565} man{G846} if{G1487} he{G444} had{G1080} not{G3756} been born{G1080}{(G5681)}.
  • 2 Kgs 10:1 : 1 And Ahab{H256} had seventy{H7657} sons{H1121} in Samaria{H8111}. And Jehu{H3058} wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} letters{H5612}, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to Samaria{H8111}, unto the rulers{H8269} of Jezreel{H3157}, to the elders{H2205}, and to them that brought up{H539}{(H8802)} Ahab's{H256} children, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
  • 1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons{H1121},(for the LORD{H3068} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} me many{H7227} sons{H1121},) he hath chosen{H977}{(H8799)} Solomon{H8010} my son{H1121} to sit{H3427}{(H8800)} upon the throne{H3678} of the kingdom{H4438} of the LORD{H3068} over Israel{H3478}.
  • 2 Chr 11:21 : 21 And Rehoboam{H7346} loved{H157}{(H8799)} Maachah{H4601} the daughter{H1323} of Absalom{H53} above all his wives{H802} and his concubines{H6370}:(for he took{H5375}{(H8804)} eighteen{H8083}{H6240} wives{H802}, and threescore{H8346} concubines{H6370}; and begat{H3205}{(H8686)} twenty{H6242} and eight{H8083} sons{H1121}, and threescore{H8346} daughters{H1323}.)
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman{H2001} told{H5608}{(H8762)} them of 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}{(H8765)} him, and how he had advanced{H5375}{(H8765)} him above the princes{H8269} and servants{H5650} of the king{H4428}.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged{H8518}{(H8799)} Haman{H2001} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} for Mordecai{H4782}. Then was the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} pacified{H7918}{(H8804)}.
  • Esth 9:14-15 : 14 And the king{H4428} commanded{H559}{(H8799)} it so to be done{H6213}{(H8736)}: and the decree{H1881} was given{H5414}{(H8735)} at Shushan{H7800}; and they hanged{H8518}{(H8804)} Haman's{H2001} ten{H6235} sons{H1121}. 15 For the Jews{H3064} that were in Shushan{H7800} gathered themselves together{H6950}{(H8735)} on the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day{H3117} also of the month{H2320} Adar{H143}, and slew{H2026}{(H8799)} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} men{H376} at Shushan{H7800}; but on the prey{H961} they laid{H7971}{(H8804)} not their hand{H3027}.
  • Ps 58:8 : 8 As a snail{H7642} which melteth{H8557}, let every one of them pass away{H1980}{H8799)}: like the untimely birth{H5309} of a woman{H802}, that they may not see{H2372}{H8804)} the sun{H8121}.
  • Ps 127:4-5 : 4 As arrows{H2671} are in the hand{H3027} of a mighty man{H1368}; so are children{H1121} of the youth{H5271}. 5 Happy{H835} is the man{H1397} that hath his quiver{H827} full{H4390}{(H8765)} of them: they shall not be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)}, but they shall speak{H1696}{(H8762)} with the enemies{H341}{(H8802)} 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}{(H8799)} his eyes{H5869}, and saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the women{H802} and the children{H3206}; and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who are those{H428} with thee? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, The children{H3206} which God{H430} hath graciously given{H2603}{(H8804)} thy servant{H5650}.