Bible in Basic English
"Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun."
— Ecclesiastes 4:3, Bible in Basic English
“Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.”
And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.