Ecclesiastes 4:2

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And I praised the dead rather than the living:

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

Noyes Bible ☆

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

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Thereupon praised I the dead that are already dead, more than the living who are still alive;

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And I praised all the dead that had already died More than the living, As many as are alive until now.

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Wherefore I praised the mesim which are already dead more than the living ones which are yet alive.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَغَبَطْتُ أَنَا ٱلْأَمْوَاتَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَدْ مَاتُوا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَائِشُونَ بَعْدُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သို့ဖြစ်၍၊ သေလွန်ပြီးသော လူသေသည် အသက်ရှင်သေးသော လူရှင်ထက်သာ၍ မင်္ဂလာရှိသည် ဟု ငါဆိုရ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သို့ဖြစ်၍ ၊ သေ လွန်ပြီး သော လူ သေသည် အသက်ရှင် သေးသော လူ ရှင်ထက် သာ၍မင်္ဂလာရှိသည် ဟု ငါ ဆို ရ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To pongah kadueh tangcae kaminawk loe, kahing kaminawk pongah tahamhoih o kue, tiah ka thuih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Kai tah aka hing pueng amih hlang hing rhoek lakah aka duek tangtae hlang duek rhoek te ka domyok sak mai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Kai tah aka hing pueng amih hlang hing rhoek lakah aka duek tangtae hlang duek rhoek te ka domyok sak mai.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

因此，我赞叹那早已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

因此，我讚歎那早已死的死人，勝過那還活着的活人。

World Chinese Bible ☆

因此，我称赞那早已死去的死人，胜过那仍然活着的活人。

Croatian Bible ☆

Zato sretnima smatram mrtve koji su već pomrli; sretniji su od živih što još žive.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Protož já chválil jsem mrtvé, kteříž již zemřeli, více nežli živé, kteříž jsou živi až po dnes.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Da priste jeg de døde, som allerede er døde, lykkeligere end de levende, som endnu er i Live;

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Dies prees ik de doden, die alrede gestorven waren, boven de levenden, die tot nog toe levend zijn.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Daarom prees ik de doden gelukkig, reeds lang ontslapen, Boven hen, die nog in leven zijn;

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj mi trovis, ke la mortintoj, kiuj jam antaŭ longe mortis, estas pli feliĉaj ol la vivantoj, kiuj vivas ĝis nun;

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

C’est pourquoi j’estime heureux les morts qui sont déjà morts, plutôt que les vivants qui sont encore vivants,

French Ostervald Bible ☆

C'est pourquoi j'estime plus les morts qui sont déjà morts, que les vivants qui sont encore en vie;

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Et j’ai trouvé les morts qui sont déjà morts plus heureux que les vivants qui sont encore vivants,

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Alors j'estimai les morts, ceux qui sont déjà morts, plus heureux que les vivants, ceux qui sont encore en vie.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und ich pries die Toten, die längst gestorben, mehr als die Lebenden, welche jetzt noch leben;

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Da lobte ich die Toten, die schon gestorben waren, mehr denn die Lebendigen, die noch das Leben hatten;

German Textbibel ☆

Da pries ich die Toten, die längst gestorben, mehr als die Lebenden, die noch am Leben sind,

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da pries ich die Toten, die längst gestorben sind, glücklicher als die Lebenden, die jetzt noch am Leben sind.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ ἐπῃ£νεσα ἐγὼ σὺν πάντας τοὺς τεθνηκότας τοὺς ἤδη ἀποθανόντας ὑπὲρ τοὺς ζῶντας, ὅτι αὐτοὶ ζῶσιν ἕως τοῦ νῦν·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen wè sò moun mouri yo miyò pase sò moun vivan yo.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ia mea, hoomaikai aku la au i ka poe make, ka poe i make i ka wa i hala aku nei, mamua o ka poe ola, ka poe ola i keia wa e noho nei kakou.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

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

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ושבח אני את המתים שכבר מתו מן החיים אשר המה חיים עדנה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Onde io pregio i morti, che già son morti , più che i viventi, che sono in vita fino ad ora.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ond’io ho stimato i morti, che son già morti, più felici de’ vivi che son vivi tuttora;

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

そこで私は、まだ生きている者よりも、すでに死んでいる者を幸いだとした。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

그러므로 나는 살아 있는 산 자보다 죽은 지 오랜 죽은 자를 복되다 하였으며

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga ke ouiyuk mwet ma misa tari — wo nu selos liki mwet su srakna moul.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

et laudavi magis mortuos quam viventes;

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

ومن مردگانی را که قبل از آن مرده بودند، بیشتر اززندگانی که تا بحال زنده‌اند آفرین گفتم.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Portanto, eu louvei os mortos que já morreram há muito tempo, mais do que os vivos que ainda vivem.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Por isso eu considerei os mortos, que já morreram, serem mais merecedores de elogios do que os vivos, que ainda vivem.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

De aceea am lăudat pe morții care sunt deja morți, mai mult decât pe viii care sunt încă vii.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ши ам гэсит кэ морций каре ау мурит май ынаинте сунт май феричиць декыт чей вий, каре сунт ынкэ ын вяцэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И ублажил я мертвых, которые давно умерли, более живых, которые живут доселе;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Zato hvalih mrtve koji već pomreše više nego žive koji još žive.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Зато хвалих мртве који већ помреше више него живе који још живе.

Mashi Bible ☆

Co cirhumire ncîsîmira banyakwigendera bacîfirîre kulusha abazîne bacirimwo omûka.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y alabé yo los finados que ya murieron, más que los vivientes que hasta ahora están vivos.

Spanish BLL ☆

Por eso llegué a la conclusión de que los muertos son más felices que los que todavía estamos vivos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Por lo cual alabé yo a los finados que ya murieron, más que a los vivos que todavía viven.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Mi alabanza fue para los muertos que han ido a su muerte, más que para los vivos que aún tienen vida.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Y alabé a los que murieron más que a los que aún viven.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia naʻaku leleiʻia moʻoni ʻi he mate kuo mate, ʻi he moʻui ʻoku kei moʻui.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І вважав я тих, що померли, щаслившими над живих, — тих, що вже нема на сьвіті, над тих, що живі ще;

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І вважав я тих, що померли, щаслившими над живих, — тих, що вже нема на сьвіті, над тих, що живі ще;

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vậy, ta khen những kẻ chết đã lâu rồi là sướng hơn kẻ còn sống;

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

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