Ecclesiastes 4:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:

Ecclesiastes 1:14

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

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.

Matthew 24:19

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.

Luke 23:29

7 And saying: If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.