Verse 2

And I praised the dead who had already died, more than the living who are still alive.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:17 : 17 So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
  • Eccl 9:4-6 : 4 Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better than a dead lion! 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten. 6 Their love, their hatred, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a part in anything that happens under the sun.
  • Job 3:11-26 : 11 Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire? 12 Why were there knees to receive me, or breasts that I should nurse? 13 For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept, then I would be at rest. 14 With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves. 15 Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. 16 Or why was I not like a stillborn child, like infants who never saw the light? 17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest. 18 Together the prisoners are at ease; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his masters. 20 Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul? 21 To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures. 22 Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave. 23 To a man whose path is hidden, and whom God has hedged in? 24 For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings pour out like water. 25 For the thing I dread comes upon me, and what I fear befalls me. 26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but turmoil comes.