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Ecclesiastes 4:2-3
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2 So (A)I lauded the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living. 3 But (B)better off than both of them is the one who never has been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 4:2-3
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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)
3 But better than both
    is the one who has never been born,(C)
who has not seen the evil
    that is done under the sun.(D)

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Ecclesiastes 4:2-3
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2 (A)Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.
3 (B)Yet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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