Ecclesiastes 4:3

English Standard Version 2016

But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

Cross References

Luke 23:29

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

Matthew 24:19

And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Job 3:22

who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.