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If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that 1the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's 2good things, and he also has no 3burial, I say that 4a stillborn child is better off than he.
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For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered.
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Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoya no good--do not all go to the one place?
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For what advantage has the wise man 8over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
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Better 9is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is 10vanity and a striving after wind.
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Whatever has come to be has 11already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to 12dispute with one stronger than he.
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The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?
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Eclesiastes 6:3
Se o homem gerar cem filhos, e viver muitos anos, de modo que os dias da sua vida sejam muitos, porém se a sua alma não se fartar do bem, e além disso não tiver sepultura, digo que um aborto é melhor do que ele;
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Ecclesiastes 6:3
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--
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Eclesiastes 6:3
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.
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