New International Version (© 2011)
But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.King James Bible
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.American Standard Version
yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.Young's Literal Translation
And better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.Ecclesiastes 4:3 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleWhich hath not yet been - Better never to have been born into the world, than to have seen and suffered so many miseries. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge better Ecclesiastes 6:3-5 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good... Job 3:10-16 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from my eyes... Job 10:18,19 Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!... Jeremiah 20:17,18 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me... Matthew 24:19 And woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! Luke 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore... who Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is worked under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Psalm 55:6-11 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest... Jeremiah 9:2,3 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people... Ecclesiastes 4:3 Parallel Commentaries
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Luke 23:29 For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'
Job 3:11 "Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
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