Verse 2

Wherefore I praised{H7623}{(H8764)} the dead{H4191}{(H8801)} which are already{H3528} dead{H4191}{(H8804)} more than the living{H2416} which are yet{H5728} alive{H2416}.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 2:17 : 17 Therefore I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} life{H2416}; because the work{H4639} that is wrought{H6213}{(H8738)} under the sun{H8121} is grievous{H7451} unto me: for all is vanity{H1892} and vexation{H7469} of spirit{H7307}.
• Eccl 9:4-6 : 4 For{H4310} to him that is{H3426} joined{H2266}{(H8792)}{(H8675)}{H977}{(H8792)} to all the living{H2416} there is hope{H986}: for a living{H2416} dog{H3611} is better{H2896} than a dead{H4191}{(H8801)} lion{H738}. 5 For the living{H2416} know{H3045}{(H8802)} that they shall die{H4191}{(H8799)}: but the dead{H4191}{(H8801)} know{H3045}{(H8802)} not any thing{H3972}, neither have they any more a reward{H7939}; for the memory{H2143} of them is forgotten{H7911}{(H8738)}. 6 Also their love{H160}, and their hatred{H8135}, and their envy{H7068}, is now{H3528} perished{H6}{(H8804)}; neither have they any more a portion{H2506} for ever{H5769} in any thing that is done{H6213}{(H8738)} under the sun{H8121}.
• Job 3:11-26 : 11 Why died{H4191}{(H8799)} I not from the womb{H7358}? why did I not give up the ghost{H1478}{(H8799)} when I came out{H3318}{(H8804)} of the belly{H990}? 12 Why did the knees{H1290} prevent{H6923}{(H8765)} me? or why the breasts{H7699} that I should suck{H3243}{(H8799)}? 13 For now should I have lain still{H7901}{(H8804)} and been quiet{H8252}{(H8799)}, I should have slept{H3462}{(H8804)}: then had I been at rest{H5117}{(H8799)}, 14 With kings{H4428} and counsellors{H3289}{(H8802)} of the earth{H776}, which built{H1129}{(H8802)} desolate places{H2723} for themselves; 15 Or with princes{H8269} that had gold{H2091}, who filled{H4390}{(H8764)} their houses{H1004} with silver{H3701}: 16 Or as an hidden{H2934}{(H8803)} untimely birth{H5309} I had not been; as infants{H5768} which never saw{H7200}{(H8804)} light{H216}. 17 There the wicked{H7563} cease{H2308}{(H8804)} from troubling{H7267}; and there the weary{H3019}{H3581} be at rest{H5117}{(H8799)}. 18 There the prisoners{H615} rest{H7599}{(H8768)} together{H3162}; they hear{H8085}{(H8804)} not the voice{H6963} of the oppressor{H5065}{(H8802)}. 19 The small{H6996} and great{H1419} are there; and the servant{H5650} is free{H2670} from his master{H113}. 20 Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414}{(H8799)} to him that is in misery{H6001}, and life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul{H5315}; 21 Which long{H2442}{(H8764)} for death{H4194}, but it cometh not; and dig{H2658}{(H8799)} for it more than for hid treasures{H4301}; 22 Which rejoice{H8056} exceedingly{H1524}, and are glad{H7797}{(H8799)}, when they can find{H4672}{(H8799)} the grave{H6913}? 23 Why is light given to a man{H1397} whose way{H1870} is hid{H5641}{(H8738)}, and whom God{H433} hath hedged in{H5526}{(H8686)}? 24 For my sighing{H585} cometh{H935}{(H8799)} before{H6440} I eat{H3899}, and my roarings{H7581} are poured out{H5413}{(H8799)} like the waters{H4325}. 25 For the thing which I greatly{H6343} feared{H6342}{(H8804)} is come{H857}{(H8799)} upon me, and that which I was afraid{H3025}{(H8804)} of is come{H935}{(H8799)} unto me. 26 I was not in safety{H7951}{(H8804)}, neither had I rest{H8252}{(H8804)}, neither was I quiet{H5117}{(H8804)}; yet trouble{H7267} came{H935}{(H8799)}.