Ecclesiastes 6:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.”
Ecclesiastes 6:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 6:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 6:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he;”
Ecclesiastes 6:3 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:”
Ecclesiastes 6:3 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 6:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he <FI>is<Fi> the untimely birth.'”
Ecclesiastes 6:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 6:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“If a man beget a hundred [sons], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.”
Ecclesiastes 6:3 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 6:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, and his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.”
Ecclesiastes 6:3 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:3 in Context — Ecclesiastes 6
1 HAY un mal que he visto debajo del cielo, y muy común entre los hombres:
2 Hombre á quien Dios dió riquezas, y hacienda, y honra, y nada le falta de todo lo que su alma desea; mas Dios no le dió facultad de comer de ello, sino que los extraños se lo comen. Esto vanidad es, y enfermedad trabajosa.
3 Si el hombre engendrare ciento, y viviere muchos años, y los días de su edad fueren numerosos; si su alma no se hartó del bien, y también careció de sepultura, yo digo que el abortivo es mejor que él.
4 Porque en vano vino, y á tinieblas va, y con tinieblas será cubierto su nombre.
5 Aunque no haya visto el sol, ni conocido [nada], más reposo tiene éste que aquél.
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