So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Sentiment: Strongly Negative(0.134250351)

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Sentiment: Strongly Negative(0.054234341)

Ecclesiastes 4:3

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Sentiment: Strongly Negative(0.160557665)

Cross Reference - KJV

Ecclesiastes 4:2

KJV

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

KJV - King James Version

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Others Bible versions

So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.

AMP - Amplified Bible

So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive.

AMPC - Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

ASV - American Standard Version

So I commended the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

CSB - Christian Standard Bible

Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

DARBY - Darbys Translation 1890

And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

ESV - English Standard Version 2016

I congratulated those who were already dead, for the dead are better off than those who are still alive and being oppressed.

FBV - Free Bible Version

So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

HCSB - Holman Christian Standard Bible

Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

JUB - Jubilee Bible

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive.

KJVAAE - King James Version with Apocrypha, American Edition

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive.

KJVAE - King James Version, American Edition

So I deemed the dead who have already died

LEB - Lexham English Bible

more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

LEB - Lexham English Bible

And I thought that fortunate were the dead

MEV - Modern English Version

who had already died,

MEV - Modern English Version

even more than the living

MEV - Modern English Version

who were still alive.

MEV - Modern English Version

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

NASB1995 - New American Standard Bible - 1995

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

NASB2020 - New American Standard Bible

So I considered those who are dead and gone

NET - New English Translation

more fortunate than those who are still alive.

NET - New English Translation

And I declared that the dead,

NIV - New International Version

who had already died,

NIV - New International Version

are happier than the living,

NIV - New International Version

who are still alive.

NIV - New International Version

And I declared that the dead,

NIVUK - New International Version (Anglicised)

who had already died,

NIVUK - New International Version (Anglicised)

are happier than the living,

NIVUK - New International Version (Anglicised)

who are still alive.

NIVUK - New International Version (Anglicised)

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive;

RV1885 - Revised Version 1885

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive;

RV1895 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1885, 1895

And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

YLT98 - Youngs Literal Translation 1898

Context - KJV

Cross Reference - KJV