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Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
Living Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
Living Bible
2 So I felt that the dead were better off than the living. 3 And most fortunate of all are those who have never been born and have never seen all the evil and crime throughout the earth.
4 Then I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy! But this, too, is foolishness, chasing the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
New International Version
2 And I declared that the dead,(A)
who had already died,
are happier than the living,
who are still alive.(B)
3 But 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)
4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(E)
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