Ecclesiastes 4:2
“Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the liuing which are yet aliue.”
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Ecclesiastes 4:2 Context
1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done vnder the sunne; & behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressours there was power, but they had no comforter. 2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the liuing which are yet aliue. 3Yea better is he then both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seene the euill worke that is done vnder the Sunne. 4¶ Againe I considered all trauaile, and euery right worke, that for this a man is enuied of his neighbour: this is also vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
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Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 4:2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
- King James Version
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
- American Standard Version (1901)
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
- Basic English Bible
Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
- Darby Bible
Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
- Webster's Bible
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
- World English Bible
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 4:2
4:2 I praised - I judged them less miserable. For this is certain, that setting aside the future life, which Solomon doth not meddle with in the present debate; and considering the uncertainty, and vanity, and manifold calamities of the present life, a wise man would not account it worth his while to live.