NASB
"But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun."
— Ecclesiastes 4:3, NASB
“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.”
“yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. ”
“Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.”
“But better than both is the one who has not been born and has not seen the evil things that are done on earth.”
“And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.”
“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.”
“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.”
Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.
But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.