Ecclesiastes 4:2
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordWherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
— Ecclesiastes 4:2, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.