Ecclesiastes 4:2-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 And those now dead, I declared more fortunate in death than are the living to be still alive.(A) 3 And better off than both is the yet unborn, who has not seen the wicked work that is done under the sun.
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Job 3:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Why did I not die at birth,(A)
come forth from the womb and expire?
Job 3:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Or why was I not buried away like a stillborn child,
like babies that have never seen the light?
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