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Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
New International Reader's Version
Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
New International Reader's Version
2 Then I announced that those
who have already died
are happier than those
who are still alive.
3 But someone who hasn’t been born yet
is better off than the dead or the living.
That’s because that person hasn’t seen the evil things
that are done on earth.
4 I also saw that a person works hard and accomplishes a lot. But they do it only because they want what another person has. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.
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