Verse List for ECC 4:2

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OET (OET-RV) So I praised those who were dead—who’ve already died, ⇔ more than the living—those who are still alive.

OET-LV And_I _commended I DOM the _dead_people who_already they _had _died more _than the_living who they were_alive pleasure_still.

ULT So I praised, I, the dead, people who have already died more than the living, who, they are still alive.

UST This sad reality made me feel like those people who have already died are much more fortunate than the people who remain alive.

BSB & MSB So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

NET So I considered those who are dead and gone ⇔ more fortunate than those who are still alive.

LSV And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

FBV I congratulated those who were already dead, for the dead are better off than those who are still alive and being oppressed.[fn]

T4T So I thought that those who are already dead are more fortunate ⇔  than those who are still alive.

LEB • So I deemed the dead who have already died
• more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

BBE So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

Moff So I judged the dead already in their graves to be more happy than the living who were still alive;

JPS Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;

ASV Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

DRA And I praised the dead rather than the living:

YLT And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

Drby Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

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

SLT And I praise the dead already dead more than the living they yet living.

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

KJB-1769 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

KJB-1611 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the liuing which are yet aliue.
(Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the living which are yet alive.)

Bshps Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue?
(Wherefore I judged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alive?)

Gnva Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.
(Wherefore I praised the dead which now are dead, above the living, which are yet alive.)

Cvdl Wherfore I iudged those that are deed, to be more happie then soch as be alyue:
(Wherefore I judged those that are deed, to be more happy then such as be alive:)

Wycl And Y preiside more deed men than lyuynge men;
(And I praised more dead men than living men;)

Luth Da lobte ich die Toten, die schon gestorben waren, mehr denn die Lebendigen, die noch das Leben hatten.
(So praised I the killing(n), the already died were, more because/than the living_(ones), the still the life had.)

ClVg et laudavi magis mortuos quam viventes;[fn]
(and I_praised more the_dead how living;)

UHB וְ⁠שַׁבֵּ֧חַ אֲנִ֛י אֶת־הַ⁠מֵּתִ֖ים שֶׁ⁠כְּבָ֣ר מֵ֑תוּ מִן־הַ֣⁠חַיִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה חַיִּ֖ים עֲדֶֽנָ⁠ה׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐπῄνεσα ἐγὼ σύμπαντας τοὺς τεθνηκότας τοὺς ἤδη ἀποθανόντας ὑπὲρ τοὺς ζῶντας, ὅσοι αὐτοὶ ζῶσιν ἕως τοῦ νῦν.

BrTr and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.