Ecclesiastes 6:3-5 (New International Version)
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A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn1 child is better off than he.2
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It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded.
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Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man--
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