Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 4:2"

Ecclesiastes 4:2

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2 So I considered the dead happier, because they were already dead, than the living, who must still live their lives;
2 And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
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