New International Version
And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

New Living Translation
So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.

English Standard Version
And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

Berean Study Bible
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

New American Standard Bible
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

King James Bible
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

International Standard Version
So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.

NET Bible
So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I congratulate the dead, who have already died, rather than the living, who still have to carry on.

Jubilee Bible 2000
Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

King James 2000 Bible
Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

American King James Version
Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

American Standard Version
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I praised the dead rather than the living:

Darby Bible Translation
Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

English Revised Version
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive;

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

World English Bible
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Young's Literal Translation
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

Prediker 4:2 Afrikaans PWL
daarom het ek die dooies wat reeds gesterf het, geprys bo die lewendes wat nog lewe,

Predikuesi 4:2 Albanian
Prandaj i konsiderova të vdekurit, ata që tashmë kanë vdekur, më të lumtur se të gjallët që jetojnë akoma;

ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ 4:2 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
فغبطت انا الاموات الذين قد ماتوا منذ زمان اكثر من الاحياء الذين هم عائشون بعد

Dyr Prödiger 4:2 Bavarian
Daa, main i, seind y de Tootn non bösser dran als wie die, wo non löbnd!

Еклесиаст 4:2 Bulgarian
Затова аз облажавах умрелите, които са вече умрели, Повече от живите, които са още живи;

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
因此，我讚嘆那早已死的死人，勝過那還活著的活人。

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
因此，我赞叹那早已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。

傳 道 書 4:2 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
因 此 ， 我 讚 歎 那 早 已 死 的 死 人 ， 勝 過 那 還 活 著 的 活 人 。

傳 道 書 4:2 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
因 此 ， 我 赞 叹 那 早 已 死 的 死 人 ， 胜 过 那 还 活 着 的 活 人 。

Ecclesiastes 4:2 Croatian Bible
Zato sretnima smatram mrtve koji su već pomrli; sretniji su od živih što još žive.

Kazatel 4:2 Czech BKR
Protož já chválil jsem mrtvé, kteříž již zemřeli, více nežli živé, kteříž jsou živi až po dnes.

Prædikeren 4:2 Danish
Da priste jeg de døde, som allerede er døde, lykkeligere end de levende, som endnu er i Live;

Prediker 4:2 Dutch Staten Vertaling
Dies prees ik de doden, die alrede gestorven waren, boven de levenden, die tot nog toe levend zijn.