Ecclesiastes 6
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Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

3IfH518 a manH376 fathersH3205 a hundredH3967 children and livesH2421 manyH7227 yearsH8141, however manyH7227 1they may be, but his soulH5315 isH7646 not satisfiedH7646 with goodH2899 thingsH2899 and he does not evenH1571 haveH1961 a proper 2burialH6900, then I sayH559, “BetterH2896 3the miscarriageH5309 thanH4480 he,

4for a miscarriage comesH935 in futilityH1892 and goesH1980 into darknessH2822; and its nameH8034 is coveredH3680 in darknessH2822.

5It has notH1571 evenH1571 seenH7200 the sunH8121 norH3808 does it knowH3045 it; yet 4it is betterH4480H5183 offH5183 thanH4480 that man.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Lit the days of his years ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Is 14:20; Jer 8:2; 22:19 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 6:3 Job 3:16; Eccl 4:3 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 6:5 Lit more rest has this one than that ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6

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