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Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
Complete Jewish Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
Complete Jewish Bible
2 So I considered the dead happier, because they were already dead, than the living, who must still live their lives; 3 but happier than either of them is the one who has not yet been born, because he has not yet seen the evil things that are done under the sun.
4 Next I realized that all effort and achievement stem from one person’s envy of another. This too is futility and feeding on wind.
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