Ecclesiastes 4:2 - Tree of Life Version

² So I considered the dead, who are already dead, more fortunate than the living, who are still alive.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

Common English Bible

² So I declare that the dead, who have already died, are more fortunate than the living, who are still alive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And so, I praised the dead more than the living.

Ecclesiastes 4:2 Tagairtí Cros

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And so I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. All is but vapor and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

Better is a good reputation than precious oil and the day of death than the day of birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Weep not for the dead or bemoan him. Weep bitterly for him who departs, for he will never return, or see his native country again.