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Ecclesiastes 4:3

וְטוֹב מִשְּׁנֵיהֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר ־ עֲדֶן לֹא הָיָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ רָאָה אֶת ־ הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָרָע אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2וְשַׁבֵּחַ אֲנִי אֶת ־ הַמֵּתִים שֶׁכְּבָר מֵתוּ מִן ־ הַחַיִּים אֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה חַיִּים עֲדֶֽנָה ׃

4וְרָאִיתִֽי אֲנִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ עָמָל וְאֵת כָּל ־ כִּשְׁרוֹן הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה כִּי הִיא קִנְאַת ־ אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵהוּ גַּם ־ זֶה הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ ׃

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Cross References

Job 3:16אוֹ כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא ־ רָאוּ אֽוֹר ׃

Job 10:18וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹא ־ תִרְאֵֽנִי ׃

Ecclesiastes 1:14רָאִיתִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַֽמַּעֲשִׂים שֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂוּ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה הַכֹּל הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ ׃

Ecclesiastes 6:3אִם ־ יוֹלִיד אִישׁ מֵאָה וְשָׁנִים רַבּוֹת יִֽחְיֶה וְרַב ׀ שֶׁיִּהְיוּ יְמֵֽי ־ שָׁנָיו וְנַפְשׁוֹ לֹא ־ תִשְׂבַּע מִן ־ הַטּוֹבָה וְגַם ־ קְבוּרָה לֹא ־ הָיְתָה לּוֹ אָמַרְתִּי טוֹב מִמֶּנּוּ הַנָּֽפֶל ׃

Jeremiah 9:2וַֽיַּדְרְכוּ אֶת ־ לְשׁוֹנָם קַשְׁתָּם שֶׁקֶר וְלֹא לֶאֱמוּנָה גָּבְרוּ בָאָרֶץ כִּי מֵרָעָה אֶל ־ רָעָה ׀ יָצָאוּ וְאֹתִי לֹֽא ־ יָדָעוּ נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃ ס

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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