9
If you have children, calamity will be theirs; you will beget them only for groaning. When you stumble, there is lasting joy; and when you die, a curse is your lot.
7
Children will blame an ungodly father, for they suffer disgrace because of him.
8
Woe to you, the ungodly, who have forsaken the law of the Most High God!
9
If you have children, calamity will be theirs; you will beget them only for groaning. When you stumble, there is lasting joy; and when you die, a curse is your lot.
10
Whatever comes from earth returns to earth; so the ungodly go from curse to destruction.
11
The human body is a fleeting thing, but a virtuous name will never be blotted out.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.