Berean Standard Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:5

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

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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,

⁶Even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

⁷All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

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