Ecclesiastes 6:2-3

2 a man to whom God has 1given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul 2lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.
3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper 3burial, then I say, "Better 4the miscarriage than he,

Cross References 4

  • 1. 1 Kings 3:13
  • 2. Psalms 17:14; Psalms 73:7; Ecclesiastes 2:10
  • 3. Isaiah 14:20; Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 22:19
  • 4. Job 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:3

Footnotes 3

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