Ecclesiastes 6:1-5 ▼

1 There exists another misfortune that I have observed on earth, and it is a heavy burden upon human beings:

2 a man to whom God gives wealth, riches, and honor, so that he lacks none of his heart's desires—but God does not give him the capability to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger consumes them. This is pointless and a grievous affliction.

3 A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long—but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,

4 because stillborn children arrive in pointlessness, leave in darkness, and their names are covered in darkness.

5 Furthermore, though they never saw the sun nor learned anything, they are more content than the other.