Ecclesiastes 4:2 - King James Version - American Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

And I praised the dead rather than the living:

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

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