Ecclesiastes 6
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Ecclesiastes 6:3-6

3Suppose a rich person wasn’t satisfied with good things ⌞while he was alive⌟ and didn’t even get an honorable burial ⌞after he died⌟. Suppose he had a hundred children and lived for many years. No matter how long he would have lived, it ⌞still⌟ would have been better for him to have been born dead.

4A stillborn baby arrives in a pointless birth and goes out into the darkness. The darkness then hides its name.

5Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, the baby finds more rest than the rich person.

6Even if the rich person lives two thousand years without experiencing anything good—don’t we all go to the same place?

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