Ecclesiastes 4:3 | |
NASB: But better [off] than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun. (NASB ©1995) GWT: But the person who hasn't been born yet is better off than both of them. He hasn't seen the evil that is done under the sun. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: 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. ASV: yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. BBE: Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun. DBY: and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. JPS: but better than they both is he that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. WBS: Yes, better is he than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. WEB: Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. YLT: And better than both of them [is] he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun. | |
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