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If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

No burial - For a corpse to lie unburied was a circumstance in itself of special ignominy and dishonor (compare the marginal references).

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

That a man should be so occupied in the pursuit of riches as never to take any enjoyment from them is a common enough experience; but that the same…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

If a man beget an hundred [children]
Sons and daughters, a certain number for an uncertain. Some have had many child…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

A man often possesses everything he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord may so leave him to covetousness or evil dispositions that he makes n…

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