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Ecclesiastes 6:3

“A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.”
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1There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

2God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

4For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

5The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

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