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So I deemed the dead who have already died
    more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
But better off than both of them is the one who has not yet been born
    and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

People Need Balance in Their Approach to Labor

I also realized that all of the toil and all of the skillful work that is done—it is envy between one man and another.[a] This also is vanity and chasing wind!

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Literally “his friend”