Ecclesiastes 4:2

And I praised all the dead that had already died 1 More than the living, 1 As many as are alive until now. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1So I returned, 1 And saw all the oppressions 1 That were done under the sun: 1 And behold the tear of the oppressed, 1 And they had no comforter; 1 And on the side of them that oppressed them was power; 1 But they had no comforter: 1

3Better also than both these 1 Is he who has not yet been, 1 Who has not seen all the evil work 1 That is done under the sun. 1

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Cross References

Job 3:11For why died I not in the belly? 1 And why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately? 1

Job 3:21Who desire death, and obtain it not, 1 Digging for it as for treasures; 1

Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life; 1 Because the work that was wrought under the sun 1 Was evil before me: 1 For all is vanity and waywardness of spirit. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:4For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? 1 There is hope of him: 1 For a living dog is better than a dead lion. 1

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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