LEB: Suppose a rich person wasn’t satisfied with good things while he was alive and didn’t even get an honorable burial after he died. Suppose he had a hundred children and lived for many years. No matter how long he would have lived, it still would have been better for him to have been born dead.
AYT: Jika seseorang memperanakkan seratus anak, dan tahun-tahun hidupnya banyak sehingga dirinya berumur panjang, tetapi jiwanya tidak puas dengan kebaikan, bahkan tidak ada penguburan baginya, aku mengatakan bahwa bayi yang gugur lebih baik daripada orang itu.
Assamese: যদি কোনো মানুহে এশ পুত্ৰ জন্ম দি অনেক বছৰ জীয়াই থাকি দীৰ্ঘজীৱি হয় কিন্তু তাৰ প্ৰাণ যি সুখত তৃপ্ত নহয়, আৰু তাক মৰ্য্যদাও যদি দিয়া নহয়, তেন্তে মই কওঁ, সেই মানুহতকৈ অসময়ত জন্মাটোৱেই ভাল।
Bengali: যদি কোন লোক একশো বাচ্চার পিতা হয় এবং বহু বছর বাঁচে, তাহলে তার জীবনের আয়ু বহু বছর, কিন্তু যদি তার হৃদয় মঙ্গলে তৃপ্ত না হয় এবং তার কবর যদি সম্মানের সঙ্গে না হয়, তাহলে আমি বলি যে সেই লোকের থেকে একটা বাচ্চা যে মরা জন্মেছে ভাল।
Gujarati: જો કોઈ મનુષ્યને સો સંતાનો હોય અને તે પોતે દીર્ઘાયુષ્ય ભોગવે પણ જો તે સુખી ન હોય અને તેનું દફન પણ ન થાય તો હું કહું છું કે, એના કરતાં ગર્ભપાતથી તે મૃતાવસ્થામાં જન્મ્યો હોત તો સારો થાત.
Hindi: यदि किसी पुरूष के सौ पुत्र हों, और वह बहुत वर्ष जीवित रहे और उसकी आयु बढ़ जाए, परन्‍तु न उसका प्राण प्रसन्‍न रहे और न उसकी अन्‍तिम क्रिया की जाए, तो मैं कहता हूँ कि ऐसे मनुष्‍य से अधूरे समय का जन्‍मा हुआ बच्‍चा उत्तम है।
Kannada: ನೂರಾರು ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ಮುಪ್ಪಿನ ಮುದುಕನಾಗುವ ತನಕ ಬಹಳ ವರುಷ ಬದುಕಿದವನಿಗೆ ಸಂತೃಪ್ತಿಯೂ, ಉತ್ತರಕ್ರಿಯೆಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ, ಇವನಿಗಿಂತಲೂ ಗರ್ಭಸ್ರಾವದ ಪಿಂಡವೇ ಉತ್ತಮ ಅಂದುಕೊಂಡೆನು.
Marathi: जर कोणा मनुष्याने शंभर मुलांस जन्म दिला आणि पुष्कळ वर्षे जगला आणि त्याच्या आयुष्याचे वर्षे पुष्कळ असली, परंतु त्याचा जीव चांगल्या सुखाने समाधान पावला नाही आणि त्याला सन्मानाने दफन केले नाही. तर त्याच्यापेक्षा मृत जन्मलेले बाळ खूप बरे आहे. असे मी म्हणतो.
Odiya: ଯଦି କୌଣସି ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଶହେ ସନ୍ତାନ ଜାତ କରି ଅନେକ ବର୍ଷ ବଞ୍ଚି ଦୀର୍ଘଜୀବୀ ହୁଏ, ମାତ୍ର ତାହାର ପ୍ରାଣ ଯଦି ସୁଖରେ ତୃପ୍ତ ନ ହୁଏ, ଆହୁରି ଯଦି ତାହାକୁ କବର ଦିଆ ନ ଯାଏ, ତେବେ ମୁଁ କହେ, ସେହି ଲୋକ ଅପେକ୍ଷା ଜନ୍ମ ହେବା ସମୟରେ ମୃତ୍ୟୁବରଣ କରିଥିବା ଶିଶୁଟି ଉତ୍ତମ ଅଟେ;
Punjabi: ਜੇਕਰ ਕਿਸੇ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੇ ਸੌ ਬੱਚੇ ਹੋਣ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਲਾਂ ਤੱਕ ਜੀਉਂਦਾ ਰਹੇ, ਅਜਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਉਮਰ ਬਹੁਤ ਲੰਮੀ ਹੋਵੇ ਪਰ ਉਹ ਦਾ ਜੀਅ ਭਲਿਆਈ ਨਾਲ ਨਾ ਰੱਜੇ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਦਫ਼ਨਾਇਆ ਵੀ ਨਾ ਜਾਵੇ, ਤਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਆਖਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਗਰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਰਿਆ ਬੱਚਾ ਚੰਗਾ ਹੈ,
Tamil: ஒருவன் நூறு பிள்ளைகளைப் பெற்று, அநேகம் வருடங்கள் வாழ்ந்து, தீர்க்காயுசை அடைந்திருந்தாலும், அவனுடைய ஆத்துமா அந்தச் செல்வத்தால் திருப்தியடையாமலும், அவனுக்குப் பிரேதக்கல்லறை முதலாக இல்லாமலும் போனால், அவனைவிட கரு சிதைந்த பிண்டமே சிறப்பானது என்கிறேன்.
Telugu: ఒకడు వంద మంది పిల్లలను కని, దీర్ఘాయువుతో ఎల్లకాలం జీవించినా, అతడు హృదయంలో సంతృప్తి అంటే తెలియకుండా, చనిపోయిన తరవాత తగిన రీతిలో సమాధికి నోచుకోకపోతే వాడికంటే పుట్టగానే చనిపోయిన పిండం మేలని నేను తలుస్తున్నాను.
NETBible: Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years – even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity – even if he were to live forever – I would say, “A stillborn child is better off than he is!”
NASB: If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,
HCSB: 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.
NIV: A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
ESV: If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
NRSV: A man may beget a hundred children, and live many years; but however many are the days of his years, if he does not enjoy life’s good things, or has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
REB: Or someone may have a hundred children and live to a great age; but however many his days may be, if he does not gain satisfaction from the good things of life and in the end receives no burial, then I maintain that the stillborn child is in better case than he.
NKJV: If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he––
KJV: 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.
NLT: A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and in the end does not even get a decent burial, I say he would have been better off born dead.
GNB: We may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long we live, if we do not get our share of happiness and do not receive a decent burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off.
ERV: A man might live a long time and have 100 children. But if he is not satisfied with those good things, and if no one remembers him after his death, I say that a baby who dies at birth is better off than that man.
BBE: If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.
MSG: Say a couple have scores of children and live a long, long life but never enjoy themselves--even though they end up with a big funeral! I'd say that a stillborn baby gets the better deal.
CEV: You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial.
CEVUK: You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial.
GWV: Suppose a rich person wasn’t satisfied with good things while he was alive and didn’t even get an honorable burial after he died. Suppose he had a hundred children and lived for many years. No matter how long he would have lived, it still would have been better for him to have been born dead.
NET [draft] ITL: Even if <0518> a man <0376> fathers <03205> a hundred <03967> children and lives <02421> many <07227> years <08141>– even if he lives <05315> a long, long <07227> time <03117>, but cannot <03808> enjoy <07646> his prosperity <02896>– even if <01571> he were <01961> to live forever <03808> <06900>– I would say <0559>, “A stillborn child <05309> is better off <02896> than <04480> he is!”