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Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
Names of God Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
Names of God Bible
2 I congratulate the dead, who have already died, rather than the living, who still have to carry on. 3 But the person who hasn’t been born yet is better off than both of them. He hasn’t seen the evil that is done under the sun.
Hard Work Versus Laziness
4 Then I saw that all hard work and skillful effort come from rivalry. Even this is pointless. It’s like trying to catch the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
New International Version
2 And I declared that the dead,(A)
who had already died,
are happier than the living,
who are still alive.(B)
3 But better than both
is the one who has never been born,(C)
who has not seen the evil
that is done under the sun.(D)
4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(E)
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