1. Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity:
2. God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.
3. 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.
4. For he comes in futility and he goes in darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.
5. Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.