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Ecclesiastes 4:2

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2Wherefore dI praised the dead which are ealready dead more than the living which are fyet alive.

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Footnotes

  1. dComp. Job 3:11–22.
  2. eSee ch. 1:10.
  3. fver. 3 only.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And I declared that the dead,

who had already died,

are happier than the living,

who are still alive.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So I commended the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So I deemed the dead who have already died

more fortunate than the living who are still alive.