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Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:3 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીસભાશિક્ષક ૪:૩
વળી તે બન્ને કરતાં જેઓ હજી જન્મ્યા જ નથી અને જેઓએ પૃથ્વી પર થતાં ખરાબ કૃત્યો જોયા નથી તેઓ વધારે સુખી છે.
हिन्दीसभोपदेशक ४:३
वरन् उन दोनों से अधिक अच्छा वह है जो अब तक हुआ ही नहीं, न यह बुरे काम देखे जो सूर्य के नीचे होते हैं।

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.

5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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