Wherefore I praised the [a]dead which now are dead, above the living, which are yet alive.

And I count him [b]better than them both, which hath not yet been: for he hath not seen the evil works which are wrought under the sun.

Also I beheld all travail, and all [c]perfection of works, that this is the envy of a man against his neighbor: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:2 Because they are no more subject to these oppressions.
  2. Ecclesiastes 4:3 He speaketh according to the judgment of the flesh, which cannot abide to feel or see troubles.
  3. Ecclesiastes 4:4 The more perfect that the work is, the more it is envied of the wicked.

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