Ecclesiastes 4:2 - Easy To Read Version

I decided that things are better for people that have died than for people that are still alive.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive.

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

Common English Bible

So I declare that the dead, who have already died, are more fortunate than the living, who are still alive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, I praised the dead more than the living.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And I praised the dead rather than the living:

Ecclesiastes 4:2 Tagairtí Cros

Ecclesiastes 2:17

This made me hate life. It made me very sad to think that everything in this life {\cf2\super [10]} is useless, like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [11]}

Ecclesiastes 7:1

It is better to have a good name (respect)\par than good perfume. {\cf2\super [30]} \par

Jeremiah 22:10

Don’t cry for the king that has died. {\cf2\super [177]} \par Don’t cry for him.\par But cry very hard for the king\par that must leave this place. {\cf2\super [178]} \par Cry for him\par because he will never come back again.\par Jehoahaz will never see his homeland again.\par