May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation.
Ecclesiastes 6:4 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional For it comes into vanity and goes into darkness, and in darkness its name is covered; Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For [the untimely one] comes in futility and goes into darkness, and in darkness his name is covered. American Standard Version (1901) for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness; Common English Bible Because that child arrives pointlessly, then passes away in darkness. Darkness covers its name. Catholic Public Domain Version For he arrives without a purpose and he continues on into darkness, and his name shall be wiped away, into oblivion. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten. |
May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation.
A man may beget a hundred children, and live many years; but however many are the days of his years, if he does not enjoy life's good things, or has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
moreover it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.