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.

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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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