Ecclesiastes 6:4

New International Reader's Version

That kind of birth doesn’t have any meaning. The baby dies in darkness and leaves this world. And in darkness it is forgotten.

Cross References

Psalm 109:13

May their family line come to an end. May their names be forgotten by those who live after them.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

A man might have a hundred children. He might live a long time. But suppose he can’t enjoy his wealth. And suppose he isn’t buried in the proper way. Then it doesn’t matter how long he lives. I’m telling you that a baby that is born dead is better off than that man is.

Ecclesiastes 6:5

It didn’t even see the sun. It didn’t know anything at all. But it has more rest than that man does.