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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 4:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
und glücklicher als beide pries ich den, der noch nicht gewesen ist, der das böse Tun nicht gesehen hat, welches unter der Sonne geschieht.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y tuve por mejor que unos y otros al que no ha sido aún, que no ha visto las malas obras que debajo del sol se hacen.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E melhor que estes ambos, é aquele que ainda não existe; que não viu as más obras, que são feitas abaixo do sol.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
No entanto, mais afortunado do que ambas é aquele que ainda não viveu, aquele que não viu quaisquer dos atos malignos que são cometidos debaixo do sol.
📖 Ecclesiastes 4:3 in Context
1So 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.
2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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