New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

3Ifאִם־'im-H518a manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376fathersיוֹלִ֣ידyo.LidH3205a hundredמֵאָ֡הme.'AhH3967childrenand livesיִֽחְיֶ֜הyich.YehH2421manyרַבּ֨וֹתra.BotH7227yearsH8141,however manyוְרַ֣ב׀ve.RavH7227they be, but his soulוְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ve.naf.ShoH5315is not satisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֣עtis.Ba'H7646with goodH2899thingsH2899and he does not evenוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571haveH1961a properburialקְבוּרָ֖הke.vu.RahH6900, thenI sayאָמַ֕רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, “BetterH2896the miscarriageהַנָּֽפֶל׃ha.Na.felH5309thanH4480he,

4for it comesבָּ֖אba'H935in futilityבַהֶ֥בֶלva.He.velH1892and goesיֵלֵ֑ךְye.LekhH1980into obscurityוּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822;and its nameשְׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034is coveredיְכֻסֶּֽה׃ye.khu.SehH3680in obscurityוּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822.

5It neverלֹא־lo'-H3808seesרָאָ֖הra.'AhH7200the sunשֶׁ֥מֶשׁShe.meshH8121and it neverוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808knowsיָדָ֑עya.Da'H3045anything;it is betterנַ֥חַתNa.chatH5183off thanH4480he.

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