Ecclesiastes 4:2
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2I decided that the dead
are better off than the living.
Copyright 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
And I declared that the dead,
who had already died,
are happier than the living,
who are still alive.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
So I commended the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
So I deemed the dead who have already died
more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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