Ecclesiastes 6:3

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If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

In other translations

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Hebrew words

אִם־'im-ifH518יוֹלִידyolidhe will fatherH3205אִישׁ'ishanyoneH376מֵאָהme'ahone hundred [children]H3967וְשָׁנִיםveshanimand yearsH8141רַבּוֹתrabotmanyH7227יִחְיֶהyichyehhe will liveH2421וְרַב׀veravand [will be] manyH7227שֶׁיִּהְיוּsheiyihyu[that] which <they> will beH1961יְמֵי־yemei-[the] days ofH3117שָׁנָיוshanavyears hisH8141וְנַפְשׁוֹvenafshoand self hisH5315לֹא־lo'-notH3808תִשְׂבַּעtisba'it will be satisfiedH7646מִן־min-fromH4480הַטּוֹבָהhatovahthe goodH2896וְגַם־vegam-and alsoH1571קְבוּרָהkevurahburialH6900לֹא־lo'-notH3808הָיְתָהhayetahit belongedH1961לּוֹloto <the> himאָמַרְתִּי'amartiI sayH559טוֹבtov[is] goodH2896מִמֶּנּוּmimenumore than himH4480הַנָּפֶל׃hanafelthe miscarriageH5309

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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