Ecclesiastes 4:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.”
Read Ecclesiastes 4:2 in the flow of Ecclesiastes4 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Ecclesiastes4 to see the surrounding context.
“So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 4:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:11Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
- Job 3:17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
- Job 3:21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
- Job 3:22who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
- Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).