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.
12
Have regard for your name, since it will outlive you longer than a thousand hoards of gold.
13
The days of a good life are numbered, but a good name lasts forever.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Heb: Gk [People grieve over the death of the body, but the bad name of sinners will be blotted out]
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