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Ecclesiastes 4:2

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And I declared that the dead,c

who had already died,

are happier than the living,

who are still alive.d

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Cross references

  1. cJer 20:17–18; 22:10
  2. d Job 3:17; 10:18

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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