Ecclesiastes 6:3

1 There^a is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

2 A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, ^aso that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; ^byet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil¹ affliction.

3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or ^aindeed he has no burial, I say that ^ba stillborn child is better than he—

4 for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

5 Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man,

6 even if he lives a thousand years twice—but has not seen goodness. Do not all go to one ^aplace?

7 ^aAll the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied.

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Interlinear Bible for Ecclesiastes 6:3:

If
'im (#518) a man
'iysh (#376) beget
yalad (#3205) a hundred
me'ah (#3967) children, and live
chayah (#2421) many
rab (#7227) years,
shaneh (#8141) so that the days
yowm (#3117) of his years
shaneh (#8141) be
shel (#7945) many,
rab (#7227) and his soul
nephesh (#5315) be not
lo' (#3808) filled
saba` (#7646) with
min (#4480) good,
towb (#2896) and also
gam (#1571) that he have
hayah (#1961) no
lo' (#3808) burial;
qbuwrah (#6900) I say,
'amar (#559) that an untimely birth
nephel (#5309) is better
towb (#2896) than
min (#4480)

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