Ecclesiastes 4:3

New International Reader's Version

But someone who hasn’t been born yet is better off than the dead or the living. That’s because that person hasn’t seen the evil things that are done on earth.

Cross References

Job 3:22

Why is life given to those who are actually happy and glad when they reach the grave?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I’ve seen what is done on this earth. All of it is meaningless. It’s like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life. That’s because the work done on this earth made me sad. None of it has any meaning. It’s like chasing the wind.

Matthew 24:19

How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers!

Luke 23:29

The time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the women who can’t have children! Blessed are those who never gave birth or nursed babies!’