Ecclesiastes 6:5

5 "It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.

Ecclesiastes 6:5 In-Context

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 burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,
4 for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.
5 "It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.
6 "Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things -do not all go to one place?"
7 All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "more rest has this one than that"
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