Ecclesiastes 4:2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 connects to 5 cross-references. Qohelet observes oppression — the tears of the oppressed without a comforter — and declares the dead better off than the living. He meditates on the rivalry that motivates toil, the loneliness of those with no companion, and the vulnerability …
תרגומים נוספים
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
הפניות צולבות
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Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is …
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Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for …