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׃
Topics:
OLD AGE
LXX:
Greek Text

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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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