Verse 2
Wherefore I praised{H7623} the dead{H4191} that have been{H3528} long dead{H4191} more than the living{H2416} that are yet{H5728} alive;{H2416}
Referenced Verses
- Eccl 2:17 : 17 So I hated{H8130} life,{H2416} because the work{H4639} that is wrought{H6213} under the sun{H8121} was grievous{H7451} unto me; for all is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307}
- Eccl 9:4-6 : 4 For{H4310} to him that is{H3426} joined{H2266} with all the living{H2416} there is hope;{H986} for a living{H2416} dog{H3611} is better{H2896} than a dead{H4191} lion.{H738} 5 For the living{H2416} know{H3045} that they shall die:{H4191} but the dead{H4191} know{H3045} not anything,{H3972} neither have they any more a reward;{H7939} for the memory{H2143} of them is forgotten.{H7911} 6 As well their love,{H160} as their hatred{H8135} and their envy,{H7068} is perished{H6} long ago;{H3528} neither have they any more a portion{H2506} for ever{H5769} in anything that is done{H6213} under the sun.{H8121}
- Job 3:11-26 : 11 Why died{H4191} I not from the womb?{H7358} Why did I not give up the ghost{H1478} when my mother{H990} bare{H3318} me? 12 Why did the knees{H1290} receive{H6923} me? Or why the breast,{H7699} that I should suck?{H3243} 13 For now should I have lain down{H7901} and been quiet;{H8252} I should have slept;{H3462} then had I been at rest,{H5117} 14 With kings{H4428} and counsellors{H3289} of the earth,{H776} Who built{H1129} up waste places{H2723} for themselves; 15 Or with princes{H8269} that had gold,{H2091} Who filled{H4390} their houses{H1004} with silver:{H3701} 16 Or as a hidden{H2934} untimely birth{H5309} I had not been, As infants{H5768} that never saw{H7200} light.{H216} 17 There the wicked{H7563} cease{H2308} from troubling;{H7267} And there the weary{H3019} are at rest.{H5117} 18 There the prisoners{H615} are at ease{H7599} together;{H3162} They hear{H8085} not the voice{H6963} of the taskmaster.{H5065} 19 The small{H6996} and the great{H1419} are there: And the servant{H5650} is free{H2670} from his master.{H113} 20 Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414} to him that is in misery,{H6001} And life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul;{H5315} 21 Who long{H2442} for death,{H4194} but it cometh not, And dig{H2658} for it more than for hid treasures;{H4301} 22 Who rejoice{H8056} exceedingly,{H1524} And are glad,{H7797} when they can find{H4672} the grave?{H6913} 23 [ Why is light given] to a man{H1397} whose way{H1870} is hid,{H5641} And whom God{H433} hath hedged in?{H5526} 24 For my sighing{H585} cometh{H935} before{H6440} I eat,{H3899} And my groanings{H7581} are poured out{H5413} like water.{H4325} 25 For the thing which I fear{H6342} cometh{H857} upon me, And that which I am afraid{H3025} of cometh{H935} unto me. 26 I am not at ease,{H8252} neither am I quiet,{H8252} neither have I rest;{H8252} But trouble{H7267} cometh.{H935}