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Ecclesiastes 4:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. "

Ecclesiastes 4:3

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1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

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

3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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Ecclesiastes 4:1

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