2 Esdras 7:65

65 Compared to us who must bear this sorrow, the dumb animals must be happy.

2 Esdras 7:65 In-Context

63 It would have been better if you had never been created. Then we humans would never have had the power of reasoning!

64 But as it is now, our reason grows up with us and then torments us, because we realize that we are going to die!

65 Compared to us who must bear this sorrow, the dumb animals must be happy.

66 They are much better off than we are. They do not have to look forward to the judgment; they are not aware of any torment or salvation that is promised to them after death.

67 What good is it to us that we are going to be given life in the future if it is to be a life of terrible torment?