6. A thousand years twice. Or, two thousand years. If a rich man lives twice as long as Methuselah (see Gen. 5:27), but derives little or no true enjoyment from life, longevity would have been of little profit to him. Without health and happiness, mere length of years is of little advantage.
Seen no good. It is better not to be born than to miss the supreme good God wills for each of His earthborn children. Life proves worth while only if that supreme good is realized.
One place. Ancient Jewish belief held that all men, good or bad, go to one place, the grave (Eccl. 3:20; see on Prov. 15:11). The grave receives all that die. The stillborn child, says Solomon, is to be congratulated in that it arrives in she’ol without passing through a life of sorrows, ills, and disappointments.