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 Y TORNÉME yo, y vi todas las violencias que se hacen debajo del sol: y he aquí las lágrimas de los oprimidos, y sin tener quien los consuele; y la fuerza estaba en la mano de sus opresores, y para ellos no había consolador.

2 Y alabé yo los finados que ya murieron, más que los vivientes que hasta ahora están vivos.

3 Y [tuve] por mejor que unos y otros al que no ha sido aún, que no ha visto las malas obras que debajo del sol se hacen.

4 Visto he asimismo que todo trabajo y toda excelencia de obras mueve la envidia del hombre contra su prójimo. También esto es vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.

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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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