Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
WEB
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
YLT
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
DBT
Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
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).