Ecclesiastes 4:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ And better than both is he who has never existed, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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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

who rejoice exceedingly, they are glad when they find the burial-site?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. And see, all was futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was evil on me, for all is futile and feeding on wind.

Matthew 24:19

And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing children in those days!”

Luke 23:29

“For look, days are coming in which they shall say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nursed!’