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 Il est un mal que j’ai vu sous le soleil, et qui est fréquent parmi les hommes.
2 Il y a tel homme à qui Dieu a donné des richesses, des biens, et de la gloire, et qui ne manque pour son âme de rien de ce qu’il désire, mais que Dieu ne laisse pas maître d’en jouir, car c’est un étranger qui en jouira. C’est là une vanité et un mal grave.
3 Quand un homme aurait cent fils, vivrait un grand nombre d’années, et que les jours de ses années se multiplieraient, si son âme ne s’est point rassasiée de bonheur, et si de plus il n’a point de sépulture, je dis qu’un avorton est plus heureux que lui.
4 Car il est venu en vain, il s’en va dans les ténèbres, et son nom reste couvert de ténèbres;
5 il n’a point vu, il n’a point connu le soleil; il a plus de repos que cet homme.
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