Ecclesiastes 4:2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
In other versions
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
ASV
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
BBE
Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
DBY
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
WEB
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
YLT
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
ENG
Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
WBT
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
BSB
In context
1So 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.
2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.