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Ecclesiastes 4:3

3 But abetter 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.

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Ecclesiastes 4:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

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 — English Standard Version (ESV)

But better 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 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.


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