Ecclesiastes 6:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

A man might live a long time and have 100 children. But if he is not satisfied with those good things, and if no one remembers him after his death, I say that a baby who dies at birth is better off than that man.

Cross References

Job 3:16

Why wasn’t I a child who died at birth and was put in the ground? I wish I had been buried like a baby who never saw the light of day.

Jeremiah 22:19

The people of Jerusalem will bury Jehoiakim like a donkey. They will drag his body away and throw it outside the gates of Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

And it is even better for those who die at birth, because they never saw the evil that is done in this world.

2 Kings 9:35

The men went to bury Jezebel, but they could not find her body. They could only find her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I am only 130 years old. My father and his ancestors lived to be much older than I am.”

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will suffer what the Scriptures say will happen to him. But it will be very bad for the one who hands over the Son of Man to be killed. It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

Jeremiah 36:30

So this is what the Lord says about King Jehoiakim of Judah: Jehoiakim’s descendants will not sit on David’s throne. When Jehoiakim dies, he will not get a king’s funeral, but his body will be thrown out on the ground. His body will be left out in the heat of the day and the cold frost of the night.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will spread the bones on the ground under the sun, the moon, and the stars. The people of Jerusalem love to worship the sun, the moon, and the stars. No one will gather the bones and bury them again. So the bones of those people will be like dung thrown on the ground.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the pride and joy of old age, and children take great pride in their parents.

Psalm 58:8

May they be like snails melting away as they move. May they be like a baby born dead, who never saw the light of day.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.

Esther 5:11

Haman started bragging about how rich he was. He was bragging to his friends about his many sons, and about all the ways the king had honored him. And he was bragging about how the king had promoted him higher than all the other leaders.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah more than he loved all his other wives and slave women. Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 slave women. He was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters.

1 Chronicles 28:5

The Lord has given me many sons. And from all those sons, he chose Solomon to be the new king of Israel. But really, Israel is the Lord’s kingdom.

2 Kings 10:1

Ahab had 70 sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the rulers and leaders of Jezreel. He also sent the letters to the people who raised Ahab’s sons saying,

Genesis 33:5

Esau looked up and saw the women and children. He said, “Who are all these people with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children that God gave me. God has been good to me.”

Ecclesiastes 6:4

It is senseless when a baby is born dead. The baby is quickly buried in a dark grave, without even a name.

Job 3:11

Why didn’t I die when I was born? Why didn’t I die as I came from my mother’s womb?