Ecclesiastes 4:3
3 But zbetter than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 But better than both
is the one who has never been born,
who has not seen the evil
that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 But most fortunate of all are those who are not yet born. For they have not seen all the evil that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 Yet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 But those who have never been born
are better off still;
they have not seen the evil
that is done here on earth.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 But the person who hasn’t been born yet is better off than both of them. He hasn’t seen the evil that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 but better than both is the one who has not yet been, and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 But better off than both of them is the one who has not yet been born
and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 But someone who hasn’t been born yet
is better off than the dead or the living.
That’s because he hasn’t seen the evil things
that are done on earth.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.