Ecclesiastes 4:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ Yet better than both is one who has not yet been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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.

Ecclesiastes 4:3 Tagairtí Cros

Job 3:22

who are filled with gladness and rejoice when finding the grave?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.

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.

Matthew 24:19

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

Luke 23:29

For indeed, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are barren, and the wombs that never gave birth, and the breasts that did not feed.’