Ecclesiastes 4:2

Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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.

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Cross References

Job 3:11Wherefore did I not die from the womb, come forth from the belly and expire?

Job 3:21Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

Ecclesiastes 2:17And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 9:4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:2-4

The Prevalence of Oppression. 1 So I returned, and considered 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 which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Solomon had a large soul ( 1 Kings… Read the whole commentary →

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