Ecclesiastes 4:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Ecclesiastes 4:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 4:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 4:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.”

Ecclesiastes 4:2 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;”

Ecclesiastes 4:2 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 4:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.”

Ecclesiastes 4:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 4:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;”

Ecclesiastes 4:2 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 4:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.”

Ecclesiastes 4:2 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:2 in Context — Ecclesiastes 4

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.

4 Again, 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.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 4:2 Mean?

Ecclesiastes 4:2 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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