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Ecclesiastes 4:2
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2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

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Ecclesiastes 4:2
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2 And I declared that the dead,(A)
    who had already died,
are happier than the living,
    who are still alive.(B)

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2 (A)Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.

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Ecclesiastes 4:2
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2 And I (A)thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

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