Ecclesiastes 4:2-4

New King James Version

²^(A)Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.
³^(B)Yet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

The Vanity of Selfish Toil

⁴Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Ecclesiastes 4:2-4

New International Version

²And I declared that the dead,^(A)
    who had already died,
are happier than the living,
    who are still alive.^(B)
³But better than both
    is the one who has never been born,^(C)
who has not seen the evil
    that is done under the sun.^(D)