Ecclesiastes 4:2
Parallel Translations


NASB: So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I congratulate the dead, who have already died, rather than the living, who still have to carry on. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
ASV: Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
BBE: So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
DBY: Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
JPS: Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;
WBS: Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
WEB: Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
YLT: And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

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