Ecclesiastes 4:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed,  who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But better than them both [I thought] is he who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

American Standard Version (1901)

yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Common English Bible

But happier than both are those who have never existed, who haven’t witnessed the terrible things that happen under the sun.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And happier than both of these, I judged him to be, who has not yet been born, and who has not yet seen the evils which are done under the sun.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:3 Cross References

Job 3:22

who are filled with much joy and are glad when they reach the grave?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.  ,

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Matthew 24:19

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

Luke 23:29

Look, the days are coming   when they will say, “Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never fed! ”