3yea, 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.


In Context

1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

2 Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

3 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.

4 Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:3But better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:3And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:3yea, better than them both did I esteem him which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Yes, better is he than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Yes, better is he than both they, which has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.