Ecclesiastes 4:3 — Bible Verse (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.”

Ecclesiastes 4:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 4:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 4:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 4:3 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 4:3 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 4:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And better than both of them <FI>is<Fi> he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.”

Ecclesiastes 4:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 4:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 4:3 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 4:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.”

Ecclesiastes 4:3 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:3 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.

5 El necio dobla sus manos y come su carne.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 4:3 Mean?

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