Ecclesiastes 4:3 - Y'all Version Bible Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But happier than both are those who have never existed, who haven’t witnessed the terrible things that happen under the sun. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun. |
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and I see that all is emptiness and a chasing after wind.
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me. All is emptiness and a chasing after wind.
Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’