Ecclesiastes 4:2
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.Ecclesiastes 4:2 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — સભાશિક્ષક ૪:૨
- તેથી મને લાગ્યું કે જેઓ હજી જીવતાં છે તેઓ કરતાં જેઓ મૃત્યુ પામ્યા છે તેઓ વધારે સુખી છે
- हिन्दी — सभोपदेशक ४:२
- इसलिए मैंने मरे हुओं को जो मर चुके हैं, उन जीवितों से जो अब तक जीवित हैं अधिक धन्य कहा;
In context
1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
3Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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