전도서 4:2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Context
This verse from 전도서 Chapter 4 connects to 5 cross-references. 전도자가 '헛되고 헛되다—모든 것이 헛되다'고 선언한다. 모든 수고가 해 아래서 유익이 무엇인가? 한 세대는 가고 한 세대는 오나 땅은 영원히 있다.
다른 번역본
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.
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