Ecclesiastes 4:2 - Compare All Versions

And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

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

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

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

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

Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead, More than the living who are still alive.

Next I turned my attention to all the outrageous violence that takes place on this planet—the tears of the victims, no one to comfort them; the iron grip of oppressors, no one to rescue the victims from them. So I congratulated the dead who are already dead instead of the living who are still alive. But luckier than the dead or the living is the person who has never even been, who has never seen the bad business that takes place on this earth.

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are still living.

So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.

So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.