Ecclesiastes 4:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision 0 If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up. More versionsKing 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. |
I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.
4 Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.
7 For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man be.