A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives,[a] if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial,(A) I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:3 Lit how many years

And if a person lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?

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