Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 4:3

וְטוֹב֙ מִשְּׁנֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר עֲדֶ֖ן לֹ֣א הָיָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא רָאָ֛ה אֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה הָרָ֖ע אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
vṭvob mishneyhem ʾet ʾasher ʿaden loʾ hayah ʾasher loʾ raʾah ʾet hamaʿasheh haraʿ ʾasher naʿashah taḥat hashamesh
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

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