11 The verb שָׁבַח (shavakh) has a two-fold range of meaning: (1) “to praise; to laud”; and (2) “to congratulate” ( I שׁבח; 986 II שָׁבַח). The translated it as ἐπῄνεσα (epēnesa, “I praised”). The English versions reflect the range of possible meanings: “praised” (, , ); “congratulated” (, ); “declared/judged/accounted/thought … fortunate/happy” (, , , , , ).
12 Heb “the dead who had already died.”
13 Heb “the living who are alive.”

In other versions

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

And I declared that the dead,

who had already died,

are happier than the living,

who are still alive.

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

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

So I deemed the dead who have already died

more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

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