Ecclesiastes 6:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A man may father a hundred children and live for many years. No matter how long he lives,  if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial,  I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Cross References

Job 3:16

Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight?

Jeremiah 22:19

He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside Jerusalem’s gates.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed,  who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

2 Kings 9:35

But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but the skull, the feet, and the hands.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘My pilgrimage  has lasted for 130 years. My years have been few and hard,  and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.’

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him,   but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.’

Jeremiah 36:30

Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne,  and his corpse will be thrown out to be exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will be exposed  to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky,  which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshipped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the soil’s surface.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of children is their fathers.

Esther 7:10

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.  Then the king’s anger subsided.

Esther 5:11

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honoured him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired eighteen wives  and sixty concubines and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

1 Chronicles 28:5

And out of all my sons   #– #for the Lord has given me many sons #– #he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.

2 Kings 10:1

Since Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria,  Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the rulers of Jezreel,  to the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab’s sons,  saying:

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, ‘Who are these with you? ’ He answered, ‘The children God has graciously given your servant.’

Ecclesiastes 6:4

For he comes in futility and he goes in darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.

Job 3:11

Why was I not stillborn; why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?