Ecclesiastes 4:3

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.

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WEBBE

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.

BSB

But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

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