Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleA 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. Young's Literal Translation If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great{.htm" title="{">, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, ‘Better than he [is] the untimely birth.’ King James Bible 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. Hebrew A manאִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person may father יוֹלִ֣יד (yō·w·lîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage a hundred [children] מֵאָ֡ה (mê·’āh) Number - feminine singular Strong's 3967: A hundred and live יִֽחְיֶ֜ה (yiḥ·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive for many רַבּ֨וֹת (rab·bō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great years; וְשָׁנִים֩ (wə·šā·nîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8141: A year yet no matter how long וְרַ֣ב ׀ (wə·raḇ) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great he lives, יְמֵֽי־ (yə·mê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day if he וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ (wə·nap̄·šōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion is unsatisfied תִשְׂבַּ֣ע (ṯiś·ba‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited with מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of his prosperity הַטּוֹבָ֔ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and does not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no even וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and receive a proper burial, קְבוּרָ֖ה (qə·ḇū·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6900: Sepulture, a sepulchre I say אָמַ֕רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say that a stillborn child הַנָּֽפֶל׃ (han·nā·p̄el) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5309: Something fallen, an abortion is better off ט֥וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good than he. מִמֶּ֖נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of |
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