Ecclesiastes 4:2

Good News Translation

I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So life came to mean nothing to me, because everything in it had brought me nothing but trouble. It had all been useless; I had been chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good reputation is better than expensive perfume; and the day you die is better than the day you are born.

Jeremiah 22:10

People of Judah, do not weep for King Josiah; do not mourn his death. But weep bitterly for Joahaz, his son; they are taking him away, never to return, never again to see the land where he was born.