Ecclesiastes 4:2

New American Bible - revised edition

And those now dead, I declared more fortunate in death than are the living to be still alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I detested life, since for me the work that is done under the sun is bad; for all is vanity and a chase after wind. To Others the Profits.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than good ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for him who is dead, nor mourn for him! Weep rather for him who is going away; never again to see the land of his birth.