Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man might have a hundred children. He might live a long time. But suppose he can’t enjoy his wealth. And suppose he isn’t buried in the proper way. Then it...

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New International Reader's Version - A man might have a hundred children. He might live a long time. But suppose he can’t enjoy his wealth. And suppose he isn’t buried in the proper way. Then it doesn’t matter how long he lives. I’m telling you that a baby that is born dead is better off than that man is.
新标点和合本 - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数，以致他的年日甚多，心里却不得满享福乐，又不得埋葬；据我说，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数；他即使寿命很长，心里却不因福乐而满足，又不得埋葬；我说，那流掉的胎比他倒好。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数；他即使寿命很长，心里却不因福乐而满足，又不得埋葬；我说，那流掉的胎比他倒好。
当代译本 - 人若有一百个儿子，并且长寿，但心中却从未因福乐而满足，死后又不得安葬，我看这样的人还不如流产的胎儿。
圣经新译本 - 人如果生下百子，活了许多岁数，年日长久，但是心里不因美物满足，又得不到安葬，我以为流产的胎比他还好。
中文标准译本 - 如果有人生了一百个孩子，也活了许多岁月，虽然他的年日长久，心里却不因福份而满足，甚至自己得不到安葬，我就说：“流产的胎儿倒比他好！”
现代标点和合本 - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数，以致他的年日甚多，心里却不得满享福乐，又不得埋葬，据我说，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
和合本（拼音版） - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数，以致他的年日甚多，心里却不得满享福乐，又不得埋葬；据我说，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
New International Version - A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
English Standard Version - If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
New Living Translation - A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and doesn’t even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead.
The Message - Say a couple have scores of children and live a long, long life but never enjoy themselves—even though they end up with a big funeral! I’d say that a stillborn baby gets the better deal. It gets its start in a mist and ends up in the dark—unnamed. It sees nothing and knows nothing, but is better off by far than anyone living.
Christian Standard Bible - A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
New American Standard Bible - If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they may 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,
New King James Version - If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he—
Amplified Bible - If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they may be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he is not respected and is not given a proper burial [he is not laid to rest in the sepulcher of his fathers], then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,
American Standard Version - If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years – even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity – even if he were to live forever – I would say, “A stillborn child is better off than he is!”
World English Bible - If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:
新標點和合本 - 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數，以致他的年日甚多，心裏卻不得滿享福樂，又不得埋葬；據我說，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數；他即使壽命很長，心裏卻不因福樂而滿足，又不得埋葬；我說，那流掉的胎比他倒好。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數；他即使壽命很長，心裏卻不因福樂而滿足，又不得埋葬；我說，那流掉的胎比他倒好。
當代譯本 - 人若有一百個兒子，並且長壽，但心中卻從未因福樂而滿足，死後又不得安葬，我看這樣的人還不如流產的胎兒。
聖經新譯本 - 人如果生下百子，活了許多歲數，年日長久，但是心裡不因美物滿足，又得不到安葬，我以為流產的胎比他還好。
呂振中譯本 - 人若生了一百個孩子，活了許多歲數，以致他的年日很多，但他心裏卻不得飽享福樂，他又不得適當的葬禮；我說流產胎比他還好。
中文標準譯本 - 如果有人生了一百個孩子，也活了許多歲月，雖然他的年日長久，心裡卻不因福份而滿足，甚至自己得不到安葬，我就說：「流產的胎兒倒比他好！」
現代標點和合本 - 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數，以致他的年日甚多，心裡卻不得滿享福樂，又不得埋葬，據我說，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
文理和合譯本 - 人苟生百子、享壽高、歷年久、而心不得享福、身不獲安葬、我謂未盈期而生者、較彼尤愈、
文理委辦譯本 - 人有百子、又獲遐齡、生不能享福、死不得善葬、以我觀之、胎未成人者、較彼愈美。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 設人生百子、又享遐齡、在世之年日甚多、而不得享所有以為福、死後亦不得安葬、以我觀之、以我觀之原文作我則曰胎死者較彼尤美、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Si un hombre tiene cien hijos y vive muchos años, no importa cuánto viva, si no se ha saciado de las cosas buenas ni llega a recibir sepultura, yo digo que un abortivo vale más que él.
현대인의 성경 - 사람이 백 명의 자녀를 낳고 장수할지라도 그가 즐거움을 누리지 못하고 죽어서 제대로 매장되지 못하면 낙태된 아이가 그 사람보다 낫다고 생각된다.
Новый Русский Перевод - У человека может быть сотня детей, и он может прожить много лет, но сколько бы он ни прожил, если он не мог насладиться своим счастьем и не был даже погребен, то я сказал бы, что выкидыш счастливее его,
Восточный перевод - У человека может быть сотня детей, и он может прожить много лет, но сколько бы он ни прожил, если он не мог насладиться своим счастьем и не был даже погребён, то я сказал бы, что выкидыш счастливее его,
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - У человека может быть сотня детей, и он может прожить много лет, но сколько бы он ни прожил, если он не мог насладиться своим счастьем и не был даже погребён, то я сказал бы, что выкидыш счастливее его,
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - У человека может быть сотня детей, и он может прожить много лет, но сколько бы он ни прожил, если он не мог насладиться своим счастьем и не был даже погребён, то я сказал бы, что выкидыш счастливее его,
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Un homme peut avoir cent enfants et vivre de nombreuses années, mais quelque nombreux que soient les jours de son existence, s’il n’a pas joui du bonheur, et s’il n’a même pas de sépulture, je dis qu’un enfant mort-né a un sort meilleur que le sien.
リビングバイブル - 一方でもし、百人の息子と娘に恵まれ、長寿を得ながら、わずかばかりの遺産もなく、満足な葬式さえ出せなかったとしたら、この人は生まれて来なかったほうがよかったかもしれません。
Nova Versão Internacional - Um homem pode ter cem filhos e viver muitos anos. No entanto, se não desfrutar as coisas boas da vida, digo que uma criança que nasce morta e nem ao menos recebe um enterro digno tem melhor sorte que ele.
Hoffnung für alle - Mag ein Mann auch hundert Kinder haben und sehr lange leben – wenn er sein Glück nicht genießen kann und am Ende nicht einmal begraben wird, was hat er dann davon? Ich sage: Selbst einer Fehlgeburt geht es besser!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Giả sử có người sinh được trăm con và sống trường thọ. Nhưng người ấy không thấy thỏa nguyện trong đời sống và khi chết chẳng được chôn cất tử tế, tôi cho rằng người ấy chết ngay lúc mới sinh ra còn sướng hơn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - บางคนอาจมีลูกหลานนับร้อยและมีอายุยืน แต่ไม่ว่าจะอายุยืนแค่ไหน ถ้าไม่สามารถชื่นชมความรุ่งเรืองของตน และไม่ได้รับการจัดงานศพอย่างสมเกียรติแล้ว ข้าพเจ้าขอบอกว่าทารกที่ตายตั้งแต่เกิดยังดีกว่าเขาเสียอีก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าชายผู้หนึ่งมีบุตร 100 คน และมีอายุยืน ใช้ชีวิตอยู่ได้หลายปี แต่เขาไม่มีความสุขกับสิ่งดีๆ ในชีวิต อีกทั้งยังไม่มีที่ฝังศพ ข้าพเจ้าคิดว่าทารกที่ตายตอนเกิดยังจะดีกว่าคนนั้นเสียอีก

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2 Kings 10:1 - Ahab’s royal family in the city of Samaria had a total of 70 sons. Jehu wrote some letters to the officials of the city. He also sent them to the elders there. And he sent them to the people who took care of Ahab’s children. Jehu said,
Matthew 26:24 - The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But how terrible it will be for the one who hands over the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Jeremiah 8:2 - They will lie outside under the sun, moon and all the stars. All these people had loved and served these things. They had followed them and worshiped them. They had asked them for advice. So the bones of these people will not be gathered up or buried again. Instead, they will be like human waste lying there on the ground.
Proverbs 17:6 - Grandchildren are like a crown to older people. And children are proud of their parents.
1 Samuel 2:20 - Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife. He would say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman. May they take the place of the boy she prayed for and gave to the Lord.” Then they would go home.
1 Samuel 2:21 - The Lord was gracious to Hannah. Over a period of years she had three more sons and two daughters. During that whole time the boy Samuel grew up serving the Lord.
Psalm 127:4 - Children who are born to people when they are young are like arrows in the hands of a soldier.
Psalm 127:5 - Blessed are those who have many children. They won’t be put to shame when they go up against their enemies in court.
Jeremiah 36:30 - So now the Lord has something to say about Jehoiakim, the king of Judah. He says, “No one from Jehoiakim’s family line will sit on David’s throne. Jehoiakim’s body will be thrown out. It will lie outside in the heat by day and in the frost at night.
Genesis 33:5 - Then Esau looked around and saw the women and children. “Who are these people with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has so kindly given to me.”
Esther 5:11 - He bragged to them about how rich he was. He talked about how many sons he had. He spoke about all the ways the king had honored him. He bragged about how the king had given him a high position. It was higher than the position of any of the other nobles and officials.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 - All their lives they eat in darkness. Their lives are full of trouble, suffering and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 - I have seen what is good. It is good for a person to eat and drink. It’s good for them to be satisfied with their hard work on this earth. That’s what they should do during the short life God has given them. That’s what God made them for.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 - Sometimes God gives a person wealth and possessions. God makes it possible for that person to enjoy them. God helps them accept the life he has given them. God helps them to be happy in their work. All these things are gifts from God.
2 Chronicles 11:21 - Rehoboam loved Absalom’s daughter Maakah. In fact, he loved her more than any of his other wives and concubines. He had a total of 18 wives and 60 concubines. And he had a total of 28 sons and 60 daughters.
Esther 9:14 - So the king commanded that it be done. An order was sent out in Susa. And the king’s men did to the bodies of Haman’s sons everything they were told to do.
Esther 9:15 - The Jews in Susa came together on the 14th day of the month of Adar. They put 300 men to death in Susa. But they didn’t take anything that belonged to those men.
Psalm 58:8 - Let them be like a slug that melts away as it moves along. Let them be like a baby that is born dead and never sees the sun.
1 Chronicles 28:5 - The Lord has given me many sons. From all of them he has chosen my son Solomon. He wants Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom. He wants him to rule over Israel.
Esther 7:10 - So they did. And they used the pole Haman had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger calmed down.
Isaiah 14:19 - But you have been thrown out of your tomb. You are like a branch that is cut off and thrown away. You are covered with the bodies of those who have been killed by swords. You have been tossed into a stony pit along with them. You are like a dead body that people have walked on.
Isaiah 14:20 - You won’t be buried like other kings. That’s because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. “Let the children of that evil man be killed. Let none of them be left to carry on the family name.
Genesis 47:9 - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my journey through life are 130. My years have been few and hard. They aren’t as many as the years of my father and grandfather before me.”
2 Kings 9:35 - So they went out to bury her. But all they found was her head, feet and hands.
Jeremiah 22:19 - In fact, he will be buried like a donkey. His body will be dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.”
Job 3:16 - Why wasn’t I buried like a baby who was born dead? Why wasn’t I buried like a child who never saw the light of day?
Ecclesiastes 4:3 - But someone who hasn’t been born yet is better off than the dead or the living. That’s because that person hasn’t seen the evil things that are done on earth.

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New International Reader's Version - A man might have a hundred children. He might live a long time. But suppose he can’t enjoy his wealth. And suppose he isn’t buried in the proper way. Then it doesn’t matter how long he lives. I’m telling you that a baby that is born dead is better off than that man is.
新标点和合本 - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数，以致他的年日甚多，心里却不得满享福乐，又不得埋葬；据我说，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数；他即使寿命很长，心里却不因福乐而满足，又不得埋葬；我说，那流掉的胎比他倒好。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数；他即使寿命很长，心里却不因福乐而满足，又不得埋葬；我说，那流掉的胎比他倒好。
当代译本 - 人若有一百个儿子，并且长寿，但心中却从未因福乐而满足，死后又不得安葬，我看这样的人还不如流产的胎儿。
圣经新译本 - 人如果生下百子，活了许多岁数，年日长久，但是心里不因美物满足，又得不到安葬，我以为流产的胎比他还好。
中文标准译本 - 如果有人生了一百个孩子，也活了许多岁月，虽然他的年日长久，心里却不因福份而满足，甚至自己得不到安葬，我就说：“流产的胎儿倒比他好！”
现代标点和合本 - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数，以致他的年日甚多，心里却不得满享福乐，又不得埋葬，据我说，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
和合本（拼音版） - 人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数，以致他的年日甚多，心里却不得满享福乐，又不得埋葬；据我说，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
New International Version - A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
English Standard Version - If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
New Living Translation - A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and doesn’t even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead.
The Message - Say a couple have scores of children and live a long, long life but never enjoy themselves—even though they end up with a big funeral! I’d say that a stillborn baby gets the better deal. It gets its start in a mist and ends up in the dark—unnamed. It sees nothing and knows nothing, but is better off by far than anyone living.
Christian Standard Bible - A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
New American Standard Bible - If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they may 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,
New King James Version - If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he—
Amplified Bible - If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they may be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he is not respected and is not given a proper burial [he is not laid to rest in the sepulcher of his fathers], then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,
American Standard Version - If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years – even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity – even if he were to live forever – I would say, “A stillborn child is better off than he is!”
World English Bible - If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:
新標點和合本 - 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數，以致他的年日甚多，心裏卻不得滿享福樂，又不得埋葬；據我說，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數；他即使壽命很長，心裏卻不因福樂而滿足，又不得埋葬；我說，那流掉的胎比他倒好。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數；他即使壽命很長，心裏卻不因福樂而滿足，又不得埋葬；我說，那流掉的胎比他倒好。
當代譯本 - 人若有一百個兒子，並且長壽，但心中卻從未因福樂而滿足，死後又不得安葬，我看這樣的人還不如流產的胎兒。
聖經新譯本 - 人如果生下百子，活了許多歲數，年日長久，但是心裡不因美物滿足，又得不到安葬，我以為流產的胎比他還好。
呂振中譯本 - 人若生了一百個孩子，活了許多歲數，以致他的年日很多，但他心裏卻不得飽享福樂，他又不得適當的葬禮；我說流產胎比他還好。
中文標準譯本 - 如果有人生了一百個孩子，也活了許多歲月，雖然他的年日長久，心裡卻不因福份而滿足，甚至自己得不到安葬，我就說：「流產的胎兒倒比他好！」
現代標點和合本 - 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數，以致他的年日甚多，心裡卻不得滿享福樂，又不得埋葬，據我說，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。
文理和合譯本 - 人苟生百子、享壽高、歷年久、而心不得享福、身不獲安葬、我謂未盈期而生者、較彼尤愈、
文理委辦譯本 - 人有百子、又獲遐齡、生不能享福、死不得善葬、以我觀之、胎未成人者、較彼愈美。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 設人生百子、又享遐齡、在世之年日甚多、而不得享所有以為福、死後亦不得安葬、以我觀之、以我觀之原文作我則曰胎死者較彼尤美、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Si un hombre tiene cien hijos y vive muchos años, no importa cuánto viva, si no se ha saciado de las cosas buenas ni llega a recibir sepultura, yo digo que un abortivo vale más que él.
현대인의 성경 - 사람이 백 명의 자녀를 낳고 장수할지라도 그가 즐거움을 누리지 못하고 죽어서 제대로 매장되지 못하면 낙태된 아이가 그 사람보다 낫다고 생각된다.
Новый Русский Перевод - У человека может быть сотня детей, и он может прожить много лет, но сколько бы он ни прожил, если он не мог насладиться своим счастьем и не был даже погребен, то я сказал бы, что выкидыш счастливее его,
Восточный перевод - У человека может быть сотня детей, и он может прожить много лет, но сколько бы он ни прожил, если он не мог насладиться своим счастьем и не был даже погребён, то я сказал бы, что выкидыш счастливее его,
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - У человека может быть сотня детей, и он может прожить много лет, но сколько бы он ни прожил, если он не мог насладиться своим счастьем и не был даже погребён, то я сказал бы, что выкидыш счастливее его,
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - У человека может быть сотня детей, и он может прожить много лет, но сколько бы он ни прожил, если он не мог насладиться своим счастьем и не был даже погребён, то я сказал бы, что выкидыш счастливее его,
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Un homme peut avoir cent enfants et vivre de nombreuses années, mais quelque nombreux que soient les jours de son existence, s’il n’a pas joui du bonheur, et s’il n’a même pas de sépulture, je dis qu’un enfant mort-né a un sort meilleur que le sien.
リビングバイブル - 一方でもし、百人の息子と娘に恵まれ、長寿を得ながら、わずかばかりの遺産もなく、満足な葬式さえ出せなかったとしたら、この人は生まれて来なかったほうがよかったかもしれません。
Nova Versão Internacional - Um homem pode ter cem filhos e viver muitos anos. No entanto, se não desfrutar as coisas boas da vida, digo que uma criança que nasce morta e nem ao menos recebe um enterro digno tem melhor sorte que ele.
Hoffnung für alle - Mag ein Mann auch hundert Kinder haben und sehr lange leben – wenn er sein Glück nicht genießen kann und am Ende nicht einmal begraben wird, was hat er dann davon? Ich sage: Selbst einer Fehlgeburt geht es besser!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Giả sử có người sinh được trăm con và sống trường thọ. Nhưng người ấy không thấy thỏa nguyện trong đời sống và khi chết chẳng được chôn cất tử tế, tôi cho rằng người ấy chết ngay lúc mới sinh ra còn sướng hơn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - บางคนอาจมีลูกหลานนับร้อยและมีอายุยืน แต่ไม่ว่าจะอายุยืนแค่ไหน ถ้าไม่สามารถชื่นชมความรุ่งเรืองของตน และไม่ได้รับการจัดงานศพอย่างสมเกียรติแล้ว ข้าพเจ้าขอบอกว่าทารกที่ตายตั้งแต่เกิดยังดีกว่าเขาเสียอีก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าชายผู้หนึ่งมีบุตร 100 คน และมีอายุยืน ใช้ชีวิตอยู่ได้หลายปี แต่เขาไม่มีความสุขกับสิ่งดีๆ ในชีวิต อีกทั้งยังไม่มีที่ฝังศพ ข้าพเจ้าคิดว่าทารกที่ตายตอนเกิดยังจะดีกว่าคนนั้นเสียอีก

2 Kings 10:1 - Ahab’s royal family in the city of Samaria had a total of 70 sons. Jehu wrote some letters to the officials of the city. He also sent them to the elders there. And he sent them to the people who took care of Ahab’s children. Jehu said,
Matthew 26:24 - The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But how terrible it will be for the one who hands over the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Jeremiah 8:2 - They will lie outside under the sun, moon and all the stars. All these people had loved and served these things. They had followed them and worshiped them. They had asked them for advice. So the bones of these people will not be gathered up or buried again. Instead, they will be like human waste lying there on the ground.
Proverbs 17:6 - Grandchildren are like a crown to older people. And children are proud of their parents.
1 Samuel 2:20 - Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife. He would say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman. May they take the place of the boy she prayed for and gave to the Lord.” Then they would go home.
1 Samuel 2:21 - The Lord was gracious to Hannah. Over a period of years she had three more sons and two daughters. During that whole time the boy Samuel grew up serving the Lord.
Psalm 127:4 - Children who are born to people when they are young are like arrows in the hands of a soldier.
Psalm 127:5 - Blessed are those who have many children. They won’t be put to shame when they go up against their enemies in court.
Jeremiah 36:30 - So now the Lord has something to say about Jehoiakim, the king of Judah. He says, “No one from Jehoiakim’s family line will sit on David’s throne. Jehoiakim’s body will be thrown out. It will lie outside in the heat by day and in the frost at night.
Genesis 33:5 - Then Esau looked around and saw the women and children. “Who are these people with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has so kindly given to me.”
Esther 5:11 - He bragged to them about how rich he was. He talked about how many sons he had. He spoke about all the ways the king had honored him. He bragged about how the king had given him a high position. It was higher than the position of any of the other nobles and officials.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 - All their lives they eat in darkness. Their lives are full of trouble, suffering and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 - I have seen what is good. It is good for a person to eat and drink. It’s good for them to be satisfied with their hard work on this earth. That’s what they should do during the short life God has given them. That’s what God made them for.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 - Sometimes God gives a person wealth and possessions. God makes it possible for that person to enjoy them. God helps them accept the life he has given them. God helps them to be happy in their work. All these things are gifts from God.
2 Chronicles 11:21 - Rehoboam loved Absalom’s daughter Maakah. In fact, he loved her more than any of his other wives and concubines. He had a total of 18 wives and 60 concubines. And he had a total of 28 sons and 60 daughters.
Esther 9:14 - So the king commanded that it be done. An order was sent out in Susa. And the king’s men did to the bodies of Haman’s sons everything they were told to do.
Esther 9:15 - The Jews in Susa came together on the 14th day of the month of Adar. They put 300 men to death in Susa. But they didn’t take anything that belonged to those men.
Psalm 58:8 - Let them be like a slug that melts away as it moves along. Let them be like a baby that is born dead and never sees the sun.
1 Chronicles 28:5 - The Lord has given me many sons. From all of them he has chosen my son Solomon. He wants Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom. He wants him to rule over Israel.
Esther 7:10 - So they did. And they used the pole Haman had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger calmed down.
Isaiah 14:19 - But you have been thrown out of your tomb. You are like a branch that is cut off and thrown away. You are covered with the bodies of those who have been killed by swords. You have been tossed into a stony pit along with them. You are like a dead body that people have walked on.
Isaiah 14:20 - You won’t be buried like other kings. That’s because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. “Let the children of that evil man be killed. Let none of them be left to carry on the family name.
Genesis 47:9 - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my journey through life are 130. My years have been few and hard. They aren’t as many as the years of my father and grandfather before me.”
2 Kings 9:35 - So they went out to bury her. But all they found was her head, feet and hands.
Jeremiah 22:19 - In fact, he will be buried like a donkey. His body will be dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.”
Job 3:16 - Why wasn’t I buried like a baby who was born dead? Why wasn’t I buried like a child who never saw the light of day?
Ecclesiastes 4:3 - But someone who hasn’t been born yet is better off than the dead or the living. That’s because that person hasn’t seen the evil things that are done on earth.