Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 4:2

וְשַׁבֵּ֤חַ אֲנִי֙ אֶת הַמֵּתִ֔ים שֶׁכְּבָ֖ר מֵ֑תוּ מִן הַחַיִּ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה חַיִּ֖ים עֲדֶֽנָּה׃
vshabeḥa ʾaniy ʾet hametiym shekbar metv min haḥayiym ʾasher hemah ḥayiym ʿadenah
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

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

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