Ecclesiastes 4:2

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

ASV Byzantine Text

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

Asang Khongca Bible

To pongah kadueh tangcae kaminawk loe, kahing kaminawk pongah tahamhoih o kue, tiah ka thuih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Kai tah aka hing pueng amih hlang hing rhoek lakah aka duek tangtae hlang duek rhoek te ka domyok sak mai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Kai tah aka hing pueng amih hlang hing rhoek lakah aka duek tangtae hlang duek rhoek te ka domyok sak mai.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

No ia mea, hoomaikai aku la au i ka poe make, ka poe i make i ka wa i hala aku nei, mamua o ka poe ola, ka poe ola i keia wa e noho nei kakou.

English Berean Standard Bible

So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Mwen wè sò moun mouri yo miyò pase sò moun vivan yo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

et laudavi magis mortuos quam viventes;

Bible in Basic English

So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

C’est pourquoi j’estime heureux les morts qui sont déjà morts, plutôt que les vivants qui sont encore vivants,

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Protož já chválil jsem mrtvé, kteříž již zemřeli, více nežli živé, kteříž jsou živi až po dnes.

Kosraean Bible

Nga ke ouiyuk mwet ma misa tari — wo nu selos liki mwet su srakna moul.

World Portuguese Bible

Portanto, eu louvei os mortos que já morreram há muito tempo, mais do que os vivos que ainda vivem.

Romanian BTF Bible

De aceea am lăudat pe morții care sunt deja morți, mai mult decât pe viii care sunt încă vii.

Brenton English Septuagint

and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့ဖြစ်၍၊ သေလွန်ပြီးသော လူသေသည် အသက်ရှင်သေးသော လူရှင်ထက်သာ၍ မင်္ဂလာရှိသည် ဟု ငါဆိုရ၏။

Darby Translation

Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und ich pries die Toten, die längst gestorben, mehr als die Lebenden, welche jetzt noch leben;

Dutch Bible 1917

Dies prees ik de doden, die alrede gestorven waren, boven de levenden, die tot nog toe levend zijn.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Daarom prees ik de doden gelukkig, reeds lang ontslapen, Boven hen, die nog in leven zijn;

Italian Diodati Bible

Onde io pregio i morti, che già son morti , più che i viventi, che sono in vita fino ad ora.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I praised the dead rather than the living:

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

Noyes Bible

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

Danish Bible 1931

Da priste jeg de døde, som allerede er døde, lykkeligere end de levende, som endnu er i Live;

Leeser Tanakh

Thereupon praised I the dead that are already dead, more than the living who are still alive;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;

King James Version

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vậy, ta khen những kẻ chết đã lâu rồi là sướng hơn kẻ còn sống;

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Revised West Version

Ko ia naʻaku leleiʻia moʻoni ʻi he mate kuo mate, ʻi he moʻui ʻoku kei moʻui.

French Ostervald Bible

C'est pourquoi j'estime plus les morts qui sont déjà morts, que les vivants qui sont encore en vie;

Esperanto Bible

Kaj mi trovis, ke la mortintoj, kiuj jam antaŭ longe mortis, estas pli feliĉaj ol la vivantoj, kiuj vivas ĝis nun;

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Et j’ai trouvé les morts qui sont déjà morts plus heureux que les vivants qui sont encore vivants,

German Luther Bible 1912

Da lobte ich die Toten, die schon gestorben waren, mehr denn die Lebendigen, die noch das Leben hatten;

LXX2012 U. S. English

and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.

British English Septuagint 2012

and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.

Majority Standard BIble

So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

Webster Bible

Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Revised Version

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive;

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ond’io ho stimato i morti, che son già morti, più felici de’ vivi che son vivi tuttora;

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Alors j'estimai les morts, ceux qui sont déjà morts, plus heureux que les vivants, ceux qui sont encore en vie.

Reina Valera 1909

Y alabé yo los finados que ya murieron, más que los vivientes que hasta ahora están vivos.

Spanish BLL

Por eso llegué a la conclusión de que los muertos son más felices que los que todavía estamos vivos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Por lo cual alabé yo a los finados que ya murieron, más que a los vivos que todavía viven.

Croatian Bible

Zato sretnima smatram mrtve koji su već pomrli; sretniji su od živih što još žive.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Zato hvalih mrtve koji već pomreše više nego žive koji još žive.

German Textbibel

Da pries ich die Toten, die längst gestorben, mehr als die Lebenden, die noch am Leben sind,

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And I praised all the dead that had already died More than the living, As many as are alive until now.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ אֲנִ֛י אֶת־הַמֵּתִ֖ים שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר מֵ֑תוּ מִן־הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה חַיִּ֖ים עֲדֶֽנָה׃