Ecclesiastes 6:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial.

Cross References

Job 3:16

I wish I had been born dead and then buried, never to see the light of day.

Jeremiah 22:19

You will be given a burial fit for a donkey; your body will be dragged outside the city gates and tossed in the dirt. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But those who have never been born are better off than anyone else, because they have never seen the terrible things that happen on this earth.”

2 Kings 9:35

But when they went out to bury her body, they found only her skull, her hands, and her feet.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered, “I have lived only 130 years, and I have had to move from place to place. My parents and my grandparents also had to move from place to place. But they lived much longer, and their life was not as hard as mine.”

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will die, as the Scriptures say. But it's going to be terrible for the one who betrays me! That man would be better off if he had never been born.”

Jeremiah 36:30

So I, the Lord, promise that you will be killed and your body thrown out on the ground. The sun will beat down on it during the day, and the frost will settle on it at night. And none of your descendants will ever be king of Judah.

Jeremiah 8:2

who loved and worshiped the sun, moon, and stars. These bones will be scattered and left lying on the ground like trash, where the sun and moon and stars can shine on them.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, and children should be proud of their parents.

Psalm 58:8

Let them dry up like snails or be like a child that dies before seeing the sun.

Esther 7:10

At once, Haman was hanged on the gallows he had built to hang Mordecai, and the king calmed down.

Esther 5:11

and started bragging about his great wealth and all his sons. He told them the many ways that the king had honored him and how all the other officials and leaders had to respect him.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam had 18 wives, but he also married 60 other women, and he was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters. Rehoboam loved his wife Maacah the most,

1 Chronicles 28:5

The Lord has blessed me with many sons, but he chose my son Solomon to be the next king of Israel.

2 Kings 10:1

Ahab still had 70 descendants living in Samaria. So Jehu wrote a letter to each of the important leaders and officials of the town, and to those who supported Ahab. In the letters he wrote:

Genesis 33:5

When Esau noticed the women and children he asked, “Whose children are these?” Jacob answered, “These are the children the Lord has been kind enough to give to me, your servant.”

Ecclesiastes 6:4

That child will never live to see the sun or to have a name, and it will go straight to the world of darkness. But it will still find more rest than you,

Job 3:11

Why didn't I die at birth?