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Ecclesiastes 4:2

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

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
King James Version

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