Ecclesiastes 6:3⥂
KJV:
If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.
BSB:
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Hebrew:
אִם־ יוֹלִ֣יד אִ֣ישׁ מֵאָ֡ה וְשָׁנִים֩ רַבּ֨וֹת יִֽחְיֶ֜ה וְרַ֣ב׀ שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי־ שָׁנָ֗יו וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ לֹא־ תִשְׂבַּ֣ע מִן־ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה וְגַם־ קְבוּרָ֖ה לֹא־ הָ֣יְתָה לּ֑וֹ אָמַ֕רְתִּי ט֥וֹב מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַנָּֽפֶל׃
LXX:
Greek Text
Topics:
OLD AGE

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Translation Hebrew/Aramaic Transliteration [morphology] Texts
if ‏אִם‏‏־‏ 'im-HTc L
he will father ‏יוֹלִ֣יד‏ yo.LidHVhi3ms L
anyone ‏אִ֣ישׁ‏ 'ishHNcmsa L
one hundred [children] ‏מֵאָ֡ה‏ me.'AhHAcfsa L
and years ‏וְ‏‏שָׁנִים֩‏ ve.HC sha.NimHNcmpa L
many ‏רַבּ֨וֹת‏ ra.BotHAafpa L
he will live ‏יִֽחְיֶ֜ה‏ yich.YehHVqi3ms L
and [will be] many ‏וְ‏‏רַ֣ב‏‏׀‏ ve.HC RavHAamsa L
[that] which <they> will be ‏שֶׁ‏‏יִּהְי֣וּ‏ shei.HTr yih.YuHVqi3mp L
[the] days of ‏יְמֵֽי‏‏־‏ ye.mei-HNcmpc L
years his ‏שָׁנָ֗י‏‏ו‏ sha.NaHNcmpc vHSp3ms L
and self his ‏וְ‏‏נַפְשׁ‏‏וֹ֙‏ ve.HC naf.ShHNcfsc oHSp3ms L
not ‏לֹא‏‏־‏ lo'-HTn L
it will be satisfied ‏תִשְׂבַּ֣ע‏ tis.Ba'HVqi3fs L
from ‏מִן‏‏־‏ min-HR L
the good ‏הַ‏‏טּוֹבָ֔ה‏ ha.HTd to.VahHNcfsa L
and also ‏וְ‏‏גַם‏‏־‏ ve.HC gam-HD L
burial ‏קְבוּרָ֖ה‏ ke.vu.RahHNcfsa L
not ‏לֹא‏‏־‏ lo'-HTn L
it belonged ‏הָ֣יְתָה‏ Ha.ye.tahHVqp3fs L
to <the> him ‏לּ֑‏‏וֹ‏ lHRd oHSp3ms L
I say ‏אָמַ֕רְתִּי‏ 'a.Mar.tiHVqp1cs L
[is] good ‏ט֥וֹב‏ TovHAamsa L
more than him ‏מִמֶּ֖‏‏נּוּ‏ mi.Me.HRd nuHSp3ms L
the miscarriage ‏הַ‏‏נָּֽפֶל‏‏׃‏ ha.HTd Na.felHNcmsa L
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