Ecclesiastes 4:3

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

In context

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 4:3 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: 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.
KJV King James Version: Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
ASV American Standard Version: yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And better than both of them [is] he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.
DBY Darby Translation: and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
WBS Webster Bible: Yes, better is he than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.