2And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
2And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed- and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors- and they have no comforter.
2 And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
3 But better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
4 And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
4:2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
4:2And I praised the dead rather than the living:
4:2Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
4:2Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
4:2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive;
4:2Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
4:2Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
4:2And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
4:2Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.