Ecclesiastes 4:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

I said to myself, “The dead are better off than the living.

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This made me hate life. Everything we do is painful; it's just as senseless as chasing the wind.

A good reputation at the time of death is better than loving care at the time of birth.

King Josiah is dead, so don't mourn for him. Instead, mourn for his son King Jehoahaz, dragged off to another country, never to return.