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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsyea, 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.
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
And better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.
and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).