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.

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Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

But better than them both [I thought] is he who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

But happier than both are those who have never existed, who haven’t witnessed the terrible things that happen under the sun.

And happier than both of these, I judged him to be, who has not yet been born, and who has not yet seen the evils which are done under the sun.

And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.

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

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

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

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

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!’

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