11. (For he that sets at nothing wisdom and discipline is miserable;) And void is their hope and their toils unprofitable, And useless are their works:
12. Their wives are foolish, and wicked are their children;
13. Accursed is their begetting. Because happy is the barren that is undefiled, She who has not conceived in transgression; She shall have fruit when God visiteth souls.
14. And happy is the eunuch which has wrought no lawless deed with his hands, Nor imagined wicked things against the Lord; For there shall be given him for his faithfulness a peculiar favor, And a lot in the sanctuary of the Lord more delightsome than wife or children.
15. For good labors have fruit of great renown; And the root of understanding can’t fail.
16. But children of adulterers shall not come to maturity, And the seed of an unlawful bed shall vanish away.
17. For if they live long, they shall be held in no account, And at the last their old age shall be without honor.
18. And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, Nor in the day of decision shall they have consolation.
19. For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous.